Commissioner of the National Police Agency ``proceeds to consider'' remote analysis of hidden smartphones, revision bill submitted to the Diet

On the 13th, the National Police Agency held a national conference in Tokyo, bringing together chiefs of prefectural police departments in charge of investigations.

Chief Minister Yoshinobu Kusunobu said, ``We will proceed with consideration to submit a bill to amend the Police Officer Duties Execution Act to the current Diet session,'' with a view to creating a system to remotely obtain the contents of smartphone communications used by ``anonymous and mobile criminal groups.''

Special fraud can be said to be a typical crime of concealed distribution, and as of the end of August this year, the amount of damage was approximately 236.1 billion yen. This is an increase of approximately 33% compared to the same period last year, outpacing the record worst year in 2025.

Director Kusunoki stated at a national conference that the damage caused by special fraud amounts to approximately 1 billion yen per day, and pointed out that it is ``a truly extraordinary situation and a top security issue.'' In order to strengthen countermeasures, he suggested ``remote analysis,'' which collects data necessary for damage prevention from devices used by perpetrators of serious crimes, and ``fictitious name accounts,'' in which an account is provided to a criminal group and is frozen once the victim's money is received.

Director Kusunoki said, ``Introduction of new measures...