According to the Bureau of Entry and Exit, 168,900 people exited the country without returning during the five years from 1984 to 1988, while nearly 100,000 did so last year alone, setting a new record in many years. Illegal weapons can be called the chief culprit behind the worsening crime situation, and most of them come from mainland China.
刑事警察局偵察科科長張俊恆表示，過去黑道人物所持黑槍多由菲律賓、泰國、馬來西亞等地，零星挾帶進口，大半是民間工廠仿各國廠牌槍枝鑄造的。近來的黑槍則來自台海彼岸的大陸，並且確定是由「北方公司」出品，重慶「國營」長安機器製造生產的官造槍枝。