World Wide Web, Macau, March 4th (Reporter Fu Zimei) The Department of Security of the Macau Special Administrative Region announced on the 3rd that the 2021 Macau crime statistics and law enforcement work data show that the total number of crimes in 2021 will be between 2020 and 2019, "kidnapping", Violent crimes that seriously affect social order, such as "severe wounding", continued to have zero or low incidence rates, and the overall public security situation in Macau remained stable.

　　By analyzing the crime data from 2019 to 2021, under the influence of the epidemic, Macau's overall crime structure has gradually changed, traditional contact crimes have shown a downward trend, and cyber crimes have risen rapidly for two consecutive years.

Last year, there were 1,307 fraud cases, an increase of 29.8% over 2020, of which 524 were Internet-related fraud cases, accounting for 40.1% of the total.

Phone scams increased the most with 91 cases, a 193.5% increase over 2020.

Among online frauds, "online dating fraud" and fraud crimes commonly known as "killing pigs" are the most common.

There will be 800 computer crimes in 2021, an increase of 50.7% over 2020.

　　It is reported that the "Australian Urban Electronic Surveillance System" has assisted the police in investigating 3,531 cases or incidents, and played an important role in the rapid detection of some serious violent cases.

In the whole year, the police opened a total of 11,376 criminal investigation cases, an increase of 1,319 cases or 13.1% year-on-year.

　　In order to maintain the social order in Macau, the General Police Department coordinated the Public Security Police Department and the Judicial Police Department last year, and carried out a series of inspection operations such as "Winter Defense 2021" and "Thunder 2021" with Macau Customs, with a total of 1,499 inspections and 16,879 police dispatches. 52,667 people.

　　In response to the changes in the overall crime trend in Macau, the police have adjusted their response strategies. On the one hand, they cooperate with other government departments, associations, workshops and schools to continuously carry out publicity and education work through the high attention of online media and online platforms, and on the other hand, they strengthen inspections. Intensity, especially the inspection of high-incidence points such as casinos and surrounding areas, adopts various means to eliminate cross-border crimes from the source.

　　The Secretary for Security of the Macao SAR stated that in the future, it will continue to fully cooperate with the SAR government’s epidemic prevention deployment, and will continue to strengthen the prevention and crackdown of various illegal and criminal acts, constantly assess and analyze the public security situation and crime trends, and adjust the police force deployment and law enforcement strategies in a timely manner to protect Macao. The prosperity and stability of society and the safety of life and property of the public.