ULAN BATOR, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has launched a national campaign to promote awareness about and prevention against fraud crimes, local media reported Tuesday, citing the country's National Police Agency.
"Fraud crimes have been increasing year by year, causing direct loss to citizens and organizations," the NPA said in a statement, adding that online fraud, contract fraud and illegal pyramid schemes are the most common types of fraud in the country.
During the two-week campaign starting Monday, the NPA is planning to organize many activities focusing at informing the public on common types of fraud and raising their awareness of pyramid schemes.
A total of 9,900 criminal cases were recorded across the country in the first quarter of this year, and fraud crimes accounted for around 15 percent of the total registered crimes, according to the NPA.
