A file photo, provided by Chuncheon Police Station, shows police explaining prevention measures of digital sex crimes at Hallym University on Sept. 26, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have rounded up 474 people connected to deepfake sex crimes so far this year, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday.
Police received 921 reports related to deepfake sex crimes between January and Monday, and they have arrested 474 suspects during this period, according to the NPA.
Over half of the reports, or 476 cases, were filed after police launched an intensive crackdown on such crimes in late August after the issue made national headlines following a string of similar cases on Telegram.
Of the apprehended suspects, 80.4 percent, or 381 people, were teenagers, and minors aged 10-14 who are exempt from criminal liability, amounted to 15 percent, or 71 people.
Those in their 20s amounted to 15.8 percent, or 75 people, followed by 13 in their 30s, two in their 40s, and three for those 50 and over.
Notably, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency recently referred two suspects to the prosecution with physical detention for creating illegal sexual videos of 11 people they knew using deepfake and shared them on Telegram during a yearlong period.
Police plan to keep up the crackdown on deepfake sex crimes until March 31, 2025.
(Yonhap)
