See what crime you commit. A principal offender is one who organizes or leads a criminal group to carry out criminal activities or plays a major role in a joint crime. A relatively fixed criminal organization composed of three or more persons for the purpose of jointly committing a crime is a criminal group. The ringleaders who organize and lead criminal groups shall be punished according to all the crimes committed by the groups. A principal offender other than those specified shall be punished according to all the crimes he has participated in, organized or directed.
[Legal Basis]
In Article 26 of the Criminal Law, a principal offender is one who organizes or leads a criminal group to carry out criminal activities or plays a major role in a joint crime.
A relatively fixed criminal organization composed of three or more persons for the purpose of jointly committing a crime is a criminal group.
The ringleaders who organize and lead criminal groups shall be punished according to all the crimes committed by the groups.
A principal offender other than those specified in the third paragraph shall be punished according to all the crimes he has participated in, organized or directed.
