Ministry of Justice opens full transmission-type electronic warrant execution system to criminal justice agencies such as prosecutors, police, coast guard, and airborne investigation agency
Quick Look
- The Ministry of Justice announced at 8 a.m. on the 28th that it had fully opened the transmission-type electronic warrant execution system with criminal justice agencies.
- This system allows financial institutions and communication service providers to verify warrants and requests issued as electronic documents through an authentication process and submit response data, and the data is encrypted and transmitted.
- The Ministry of Justice explained that this can increase speed and transparency.
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Why It Matters
The Ministry of Justice has been building an electronic warrant execution system in accordance with the Act on the Use of Electronic Documents in Criminal Justice Procedures, and the electronicization of criminal justice procedures, which began with the opening of the Next-Generation Criminal Justice Information System (KICS) in 2024, has expanded to the execution stage of financial and communication warrants.
The Ministry of Justice announced at 8 a.m. on the 28th that it had fully opened the 'transmission-type electronic warrant execution system' with criminal justice agencies such as the Prosecutor's Office, National Police Agency, Korea Coast Guard, and Senior Public Officials Crime Investigation Office.
The transmission-type electronic warrant execution system is a system that executes warrants, requests, and permits issued in electronic documents rather than paper format in accordance with the 'Act on the Use of Electronic Documents in Criminal Judicial Procedures' (Criminal Procedure Electronic Documents Act).
When each institution transmits warrants issued by the court as electronic documents to the 'Transmission Electronic Warrant Execution Portal', financial institutions and communication service providers can go through an authentication process to access the portal to check the received warrants and submit response materials.
Data such as electronic warrant confirmation and response submission history are encrypted and transmitted.
Previously, criminal justice agencies have automated warrant execution methods by establishing computer links with major telecommunication operators, including the Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings & Clearings Institute, 20 domestic banks, the three mobile telecommunication companies, and value-added telecommunication service providers.
The Ministry of Justice explained that the electronicization of criminal justice procedures, which began with the opening of the Next-Generation Criminal Justice Information System (KICS) in 2024, will expand to the execution stage of financial and communication warrants, thereby increasing speed and transparency.
Open Questions
- What are the preparedness plans for technical errors or security incidents that may occur during system operation?
- How are the system connection costs and maintenance responsibilities shared between financial institutions and telecommunications carriers?
- Is specific data disclosed on how much the average processing time for warrant execution has been reduced since the introduction of the system?
