115. The Bureau directed special attention to the activities of young persons, associating in groups, and conducting themselves in a manner which might lead to triad-type behaviour. Much of the Bureau's work lies in the field of prevention.
COMMERCIAL CRIME OFFICE
116. The Commercial Crime Office is a branch of the C.I.D. which is located in the business centre of the city at Li Po Chun Chambers.
117. This office deals with the more complicated and complex cases of commercial frauds, forgery etc., which need specialist investigation. Simple cases which do not necessitate protracted specialist examination are generally dealt with at Police Stations as part of ordinary C.I.D. work.
118. The number of investigations conducted by the office in the past three years was as follows:
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
Merchandise Marks Offences
90
17
18
Frauds
82
113
60
Forgeries
164
158
101
Bankruptcy and Company Offences
20
47
49
Complaints from overseas against
local firms ...
89
161
158
Unsatisfactory trade transactions
33
12
7
Cases referred to other Departments
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7
7
Miscellaneous offences and
enquiries
763
851
742
Total
1,170
1,366
1,142
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GENERAL INVESTIGATION OFFICE
119. The General Investigation Office (Previously designated the General Investigation Section) is a small branch of the C.I.D. which, in particular, deals with infringements of ordinances administered by various Government departments.
120. These breaches of the law are usually concerned with the falsi- fication of statutory documents, false declarations and failure to meet registration requirements. The following table shows the number of such cases referred to the Police by the respective departments.
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