KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 15,786 suspects have been detained for various commercial crime offences in 14,046 operations this year.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) managed to obtain 9,898 prosecutions from January to August.
"We opened 117 money-laundering investigations during the same period and froze various assets and accounts worth RM106.04mil.
"We also seized some RM249.3mil of assets belonging to syndicates, with five cases prosecuted in court," he said in his address during the Bukit Aman monthly assembly here on Monday (Sept 25).
On average, online scam cases represented some 50% of commercial crime cases, Ayob Khan said.
"We are committed towards curbing and preventing commercial crimes through various initiatives including investigation, gathering intelligence and operations," he said.
"Advancement in technology also contributed towards various trends in cybercrimes, so we must be a step ahead to overcome such challenges.
"We cannot deny that the (digital world) is challenging us to come up with new ways to overcome crimes that stem from it.
"An effective crime prevention effort needs the involvement of all segments of society.
"I am told that the CCID conducted 8,863 crime prevention programmes nationwide since January," he added.
