Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is working closely with local judicial authorities and foreign governments to exchange intelligence on Taiwanese telecom fraud rings that operate overseas.

The cooperation is going smoothly, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday, rejecting a local media report that said it was reluctant to help local crime-fighting authorities keep in touch with their foreign counterparts to stop such crime.

Citing unidentified sources, the Chinese-language Apple Daily said that the EU had previously issued a warning to the nation’s representative offices in Europe, alerting them that telecom fraud rings could jeopardize Taiwan’s image.

Such crimes could even force the EU to reconsider visa-free entry privileges extended to Republic of China passport holders since 2011, the report said.    [FULL  STORY]