Svmuu News: Over the past year, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office have indicted a total of 304 individuals suspected of financial, securities, and virtual asset crimes, and have seized and frozen illicit proceeds worth 381.4 billion won. The Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office stated that they have focused their efforts on cracking down on three major categories of serious crimes: voice phishing, financial and digital asset crimes, and drug-related crimes. The Joint Investigation Team on Voice Phishing Crimes at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office indicted a total of 471 individuals and detained 169 between July 2025 and May 2026; Compared to the previous three years, the monthly average number of indictments increased by 87%, and the number of detentions rose by 6.7%.