South Korea
Digital Asset
Prosecutor Reassignments Precede Launch: Virtual Asset Joint Investigation Unit Becomes Serious Crimes Prosecution Division 3
- The Ministry of Justice announced on the 29th that new appointments and transfer-related personnel changes — covering 2 newly appointed prosecutors at the Prosecution Service prosecutor level, 27 transferred Prosecution Service prosecutors, 152 transferred regional Prosecution Service prosecutors, and 11 general prosecutors — will take effect on October 2.
- The Joint Investigation Unit for Virtual Assets, previously dedicated to investigating virtual asset (digital asset) related crimes, is being restructured into the Serious Crimes Prosecution Division 3.
- Since existing prosecutors at the Prosecutors' Office are considered Prosecution Service prosecutors under the new system, cases involving only a change of affiliated office name (from Prosecutors' Office to Prosecution Service) without any change in organizational structure do not require separate personnel orders; only changes to position titles or department/division names require action.