Hot Times | The first half of the year in Hong Kong, the number of fraud cases rose by 3.1%.

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Today 's police (July 25) took into account the overall crime situation in Hong Kong in the first half of the year, mainly murders, injuries and badaults serious offenses, indecent badault and fraud.

In the first half of 2018, 17 homicides were recorded, an increase of 6 cases compared to the same period last year. One of the double murders committed by real weapons has caused great concern in society. Police pointed out that nothing indicates a deterioration in the number of real firearms or firearm influx in Hong Kong, but that the police will still be vigilant and will contact the police. competent services to investigate cases and information concerning firearms.

In terms of fraud, 3,761 cases were recorded in the first half of this year, an increase of 110 cases compared to the same period last year, an increase of 3.1%. Fraud cases involving online love have increased 2.5 times to 272 cases, fraud cases of employment have increased by 3.3 times to 69 cases, cases of fraud in the past. investment increased by 70% to 90 cases and cases of fraud. The number of phone scams and street scams decreased by 62.8% and 70.4% to 165 and 16 respectively.

In the case of injuries and aggravated badaults, there were 2,316 cases in the first half of the year, an increase of 82 cases. The increase was mainly caused by various types of conflicts, including drunkenness and daily chores, and cases of family violence, triads and debt recovery also increased.

During the first six months of the year, 537 cases of indecent badault were added, an increase of 19 cases, 320 cases of foreigners and 15 cases of encounters in Canada. line, an increase of 5 cases compared to last year.

In the first six months of this year, there were 26,550 global crimes, a decrease of 1,759 cases or 6.2% over the same period last year. lowest since biannual statistics for 1977. Crimes recorded were slowdowns, including rape, burglary, serious drug offenses and robbery.

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