The government is turning to religious leaders to help protect their followers against Taiwan's growing scam problem. Fraudsters in Taiwan made off with US$162 billion in the first half of the year. President Lai Ching-te is prioritizing fighting fraud during his term, pledging to drastically increase funding to fight scams in next year's budget.
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00:00The government is teaming up with religious leaders to fight fraud in Taiwan.
00:05The heads of 20 religious organizations have agreed to help educate their followers about
00:10the dangers of scams.
00:13Fraud is becoming increasingly rampant in Taiwan.
00:16The first half of the year saw scammers make off with nearly 163 million US dollars, putting
00:22them well on the way to surpassing the 275 million they stole in the whole of 2023.
00:29President Lai Ching-te has made beating rising fraud in Taiwan a priority, pledging to raise
00:33funding for the cause five-fold next year.