Police provided protection to applicants for what are known as dark part-time jobs, as well as to their family members, in a total of 544 cases as of the end of last November, according to the National Police Agency.
The NPA is calling on people who have applied for illicit part-time jobs, such as carrying out robberies and fraud, to consult the police without hesitation.
The agency said that criminal groups soliciting such job applicants often threaten them using their personal information, but authorities have not confirmed any cases in which applicants or related people were harmed after being placed under police protection.
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