China urges corruption fugitives abroad to return
10 years, 5 months ago

China urges corruption fugitives abroad to return

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Chinese authorities are urging officials who have fled abroad to avoid corruption charges to turn themselves in before Dec. 1 in exchange for leniency or face stiffer punishment. Corruption is rampant in China, and a large number of government officials and executives of state-owned companies have absconded overseas for safer havens of their ill-gained wealth because China lacks extradition treaties. Leaders of the ruling Communist Party have warned repeatedly that the pervasive corruption has eroded public trust in the party rule and threatened its legitimacy, and Xi has vowed to punish both “tigers and flies,” regardless of the ranks of the officials suspected of graft. In July, the Communist Party announced an investigation of a former member of its powerful Politburo Standing Committee, Zhou Yongkang, for possible “serious violations of party discipline” — a term usually used to describe corruption.

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More fraud suspects to be repatriated to China: Spokesman
1 month ago

More fraud suspects to be repatriated to China: Spokesman

China Daily  

BEIJING - Many more fraud suspects are expected to be repatriated to China in batches after the repatriation of the first group of 200 Chinese suspects on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday. According to reports, the 200 fraud suspects returned to China under the escort of Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy in …

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud

China Daily  

Benedikt Hofmann, acting regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 14, 2025. BANGKOK — The sophisticated and transnational nature of telecom fraud and related crimes requires concerted international efforts to address the challenges facing Southeast Asia, a United Nations …

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud

China Daily  

Benedikt Hofmann, acting regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 14, 2025. BANGKOK — The sophisticated and transnational nature of telecom fraud and related crimes requires concerted international efforts to address the challenges facing Southeast Asia, a United Nations …

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

UN official 'encouraged' by joint efforts against fraud

China Daily  

Benedikt Hofmann, acting regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 14, 2025. BANGKOK — The sophisticated and transnational nature of telecom fraud and related crimes requires concerted international efforts to address the challenges facing Southeast Asia, a United Nations …

China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks near the borders of Myanmar and Thailand, China’s Ministry of Public Security said, weeks after the high-profile disappearance of an actor sparked safety concerns. Earlier this month, Chinese actor Wang Xing was lured by a promise of an acting opportunity and traveled …

China still failing to shut down fraud gangs preying on its citizens at Thailand-Myanmar border
2 months ago

China still failing to shut down fraud gangs preying on its citizens at Thailand-Myanmar border

Firstpost  

While China declared last year that major telecom fraud hubs near the Myanmar border had been dismantled and tens of thousands of suspects detained, the problem persists Myanmar police hand over five telecom and internet fraud suspects to Chinese police at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar on August 26, 2023. AP China continues to grapple with rampant fraud networks …

China pushes neighboring countries to rein in scams after rare public outcry
2 months ago

China pushes neighboring countries to rein in scams after rare public outcry

Live Mint  

Authorities in Beijing are ramping up pressure on neighbors to rein in cyberscams after the high-profile kidnapping of a young Chinese actor who says he was trafficked into a criminal enclave in Myanmar. The officials from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China pledged to arrest ringleaders, shut down so-called scam dens and free victims of human trafficking, according to …

China's police force steps up crackdown of telecom fraud
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China's police force steps up crackdown of telecom fraud

China Daily  

Chinese police will maintain a harsh response to telecom fraud and keep up international law enforcement cooperation to dismantle fraud dens abroad and hunt down major fugitives, said Zhang Ming, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Public Security. The offenses are usually carried out by highly organized groups, some of which place their lower-level members under false imprisonment through violence, she …

Beijing police enhance overseas cooperation in crackdown against telecom fraud
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Beijing police enhance overseas cooperation in crackdown against telecom fraud

China Daily  

Beijing police intensified the law enforcement cooperation against telecom and online fraud overseas last year, bringing a total of 127 suspects back to Beijing for further investigation, the Municipal Public Security Bureau said. The bureau released the data at a press conference on Thursday, one day before the Chinese People's Police Day, which falls every Jan 10, corresponding with the …

Telecom fraud suspects prosecuted
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telecom fraud suspects prosecuted

China Daily  

Thirty-nine members of major criminal gangs based in northern Myanmar were prosecuted on Monday by a procuratorate in East China's Zhejiang province for telecom fraud and other crimes targeting Chinese citizens. The criminal gangs, operating in northern Myanmar's Kokang region, which borders China's Yunnan province, are accused of using arms and coercion to carry out the crimes, including large-scale telecom …

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China
3 months, 1 week ago

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China

China Daily  

Jiang Pengju, a fugitive suspect and former deputy general manager of Beijing Grain Group, has been repatriated to China, the country's top anti-corruption watchdogs announced on Wednesday. In April this year, the supervisory department in Beijing's Chaoyang district began investigating him, making every effort to pursue him and recover assets, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the …

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China
3 months, 1 week ago

Former senior official of Beijing Grain Group repatriated to China

China Daily  

Jiang Pengju, a fugitive suspect and former deputy general manager of Beijing Grain Group, has been repatriated to China, the country's top anti-corruption watchdogs announced on Wednesday. In April this year, the supervisory department in Beijing's Chaoyang district began investigating him, making every effort to pursue him and recover assets, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the …

China and US Collaborate to Curb Migrant Smuggling
5 months, 1 week ago

China and US Collaborate to Curb Migrant Smuggling

China Daily  

China and the US are stepping up their cooperation to combat migrant smuggling. The Chinese Immigration Administration announced a strengthened partnership with US immigration departments and other countries to tackle the issue, with the aim of cracking down on smuggling activities and holding perpetrators accountable.

China orders intensified efforts in assets recovery in cross-border telecom fraud
8 months ago

China orders intensified efforts in assets recovery in cross-border telecom fraud

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's judicial authorities issued a guideline on Friday, emphasizing a stringent crackdown on cross-border telecommunications fraud and intensified efforts to recover stolen funds and compensate for losses. The guideline, jointly released by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security, called for thorough investigations into the financial status of criminal groups involved …

How China is targeting adversaries like India with cyber frauds, espionage
10 months ago

How China is targeting adversaries like India with cyber frauds, espionage

India Today  

The Indian embassy in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, on May 22, announced the rescue of some 360 Indian nationals from human trafficking networks in the country. Indian intelligence agencies have identified multiple instances of Indian IT workers falling victim to similar scams in Cambodia and Myanmar, with estimates suggesting that over 5,000 people may have been coerced into …

A New Era for China’s Overseas Anti-Corruption Campaign
1 year ago

A New Era for China’s Overseas Anti-Corruption Campaign

The Diplomat  

In October 2023, China’s top court publicized a lower court’s ruling that is of great importance: It is the first publicly reported case of convictions being handed down under a law passed 12 years ago which incorporated the crime of bribing foreign public officials into China’s criminal law. In doing so under the larger backdrop of the so-called “Foreign Related …

China arrests thousands of cyber criminals in Southeast Asia without disrupting the nexus
1 year, 5 months ago

China arrests thousands of cyber criminals in Southeast Asia without disrupting the nexus

Firstpost  

The syndicates also are known for “pig butchering” cons, where scammers entice individuals, often halfway across the world, to invest their money in bogus schemes after duping them into digital romances After losing his work due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took on different jobs both inside and outside of China in …

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China
1 year, 6 months ago

109 Telecom Fraud Suspects Deported From Myanmar To China

The Diplomat  

Beijing’s strategic interests in Myanmar and mainland Southeast Asia ensure that the crackdown on transnational criminality is likely to remain partial and selective. A group of 109 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a telecom fraud operation in northern Myanmar were handed over to Chinese police on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, the latest in a series of publicized deportations of …

China accused of using overseas bases to target dissidents
2 years, 4 months ago

China accused of using overseas bases to target dissidents

The Independent  

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Authorities take aim at overseas telecom fraud
2 years, 11 months ago

Authorities take aim at overseas telecom fraud

China Daily  

The investigations of five major trans-border telecom fraud cases have been placed under the joint oversight of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security, sending a strong signal that China will punish such crimes severely. In one case, police in Zhejiang studied evidence against overseas telecom fraud gangs in December 2020 and uncovered a group entrenched in …

'China forced 10,000 overseas nationals to return since 2014'
3 years, 2 months ago

'China forced 10,000 overseas nationals to return since 2014'

Firstpost  

The report alleges China is expanding its policing powers overseas and conducting illegal operations on foreign soil. Targeted individuals included Communist Party critics, it said Beijing: Beijing has forced nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals to return since 2014 using coercive means outside the justice system, according to a new report. The figure could be the “tip of the iceberg”, Spain-based …

U.S. charges five Chinese nationals with hacking 100 entities including Indian government networks
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S. charges five Chinese nationals with hacking 100 entities including Indian government networks

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacking over a 100 companies and institutions in America and abroad, including the Indian government’s networks, and stealing valuable software data and business intelligence. Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking …

US Charges 5 Chinese Citizens in Global Hacking Campaign that Targeted 100 Companies
4 years, 6 months ago

US Charges 5 Chinese Citizens in Global Hacking Campaign that Targeted 100 Companies

News 18  

The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and elsewhere, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications providers, officials said Wednesday. The five defendants remain fugitives, but prosecutors say two Malaysian businessmen accused of conspiring with the alleged hackers to profit …

US raises the ante against China
4 years, 8 months ago

US raises the ante against China

Live Mint  

Taking US-China tensions a notch higher, US Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Christopher Wray said acts of espionage and theft by Beijing pose the “greatest long-term threat” to America’s future. Speaking at the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington overnight Wednesday, Wray spoke of a multi-pronged disruption campaign that China is running against its own nationals living abroad, coercing them …

Anti-graft agency hunts 946 fugitives
7 years, 10 months ago

Anti-graft agency hunts 946 fugitives

China Daily  

China's top graft buster said on Thursday that 946 corrupt fugitives are still at large in foreign countries, and China hopes those nations will support its war against corruption. "These corrupt fugitives used illegal means to grab a large amount of public funds and escaped abroad to avoid punishment, which has seriously harmed people's interests and undermined our credibility and …

Anti-graft campaign also successful in hunting "foxes" that fled overseas
7 years, 11 months ago

Anti-graft campaign also successful in hunting "foxes" that fled overseas

China Daily  

The Chinese suspect Zhou is under the control of Vietnamese policemen at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 5, 2016. ON APRIL 22, 2015, the International Criminal Police Organization National Central Bureau for China issued global arrest warrants for the 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives overseas, of whom 60 percent were officials accused of bribery and graft. …

Anti-graft campaign also successful in hunting "foxes" that fled overseas
7 years, 11 months ago

Anti-graft campaign also successful in hunting "foxes" that fled overseas

China Daily  

The Chinese suspect Zhou is under the control of Vietnamese policemen at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 5, 2016. ON APRIL 22, 2015, the International Criminal Police Organization National Central Bureau for China issued global arrest warrants for the 100 most-wanted Chinese fugitives overseas, of whom 60 percent were officials accused of bribery and graft. …

China tries to bring back 3 fugitives in US
7 years, 11 months ago

China tries to bring back 3 fugitives in US

China Daily  

China hopes to further intensify cooperation with US law-enforcement agencies to bring back three fugitives accused of corruption at home and exposed in a visa fraud probe in California, an official familiar with the matter said on Monday. Victoria Chan, an attorney, and Tat Chan, her foreign national father, persuaded more than 100 Chinese nationals to invest a total of …

Fugitive officials brought back home to face justice
8 years ago

Fugitive officials brought back home to face justice

China Daily  

Law enforcement cooperation with Western counterparts intensified A total of 43 former officials suspected of corruption were brought back from more than 19 countries and regions to face justice in the first 11 months of last year, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate. National prosecutors also confiscated about 548 million yuan of illegal assets, said Song Hansong, a senior official …

Anti-graft net recovers assets, too
8 years, 3 months ago

Anti-graft net recovers assets, too

China Daily  

Official says return of ill-gotten gains is just as important as bringing back economic fugitives While China is seeing an increasing number of fugitives suspected of corruption being returned from overseas, thanks to international cooperation, the country is also beefing up efforts to recover their ill-gotten assets. Between January 2014 and November this year, 2,442 Chinese fugitives suspected of economic …

A triumph for anti-graft law enforcement cooperation
8 years, 4 months ago

A triumph for anti-graft law enforcement cooperation

China Daily  

A gavel in a court. It also indicates that China's law enforcement cooperation with other countries in tracking down and apprehending its corrupt officials, wherever they flee, has entered a new stage. Yang, a former vice-mayor of Wenzhou in East China's Zhejiang province, is accused of embezzling more than $37 million and ranks No 1 on China's most-wanted list of …

Corrupt officials who fled abroad are now giving themselves in
8 years, 4 months ago

Corrupt officials who fled abroad are now giving themselves in

China Daily  

More than half of the corrupt Chinese officials recently netted after fleeing abroad opted to turn themselves in, Xinhua has reported. She is one of 37 fugitives named on the "red notice" listing 100 major corrupt Chinese officials that have recently returned back to the country. Beijing Normal University criminal law expert Huang Feng said persuading fugitives to return, with …

China, ASEAN to bring corrupt officials to justice
8 years, 4 months ago

China, ASEAN to bring corrupt officials to justice

China Daily  

China and ASEAN countries will set up a regional anti-corruption legal framework to facilitate the return of corrupt Chinese officials who are still at large in ASEAN countries and confiscate their ill-gotten assets, a senior anti-graft official said. Meanwhile, China intends to start discussions with ASEAN countries to sign bilateral extradition treaties to bring more fugitives back to face trial, …

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 5 months ago

Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return from US[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

China, US said to be 'in advanced negotiations' on 5 most-wanted officials Yang Jinjun, former general manager of Minghe Group in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, was repatriated in September last year. Chinese and US judicial authorities have been speeding up negotiations on returning five most-wanted corrupt Chinese officials, who are still on the run in the United States, to face trial …

Toward extradition of fugitives
8 years, 6 months ago

Toward extradition of fugitives

China Daily  

Premier Li Keqiang met with George Furey, speaker of the Canadian Senate, and Geoff Regan, speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As Sino-Canadian cooperation is expected to expand after Premier Li Keqiang's recent visit to Canada, many Chinese now wonder how long Michael Ching, one of China's most-wanted fugitives, will be allowed to stay …

Experts: Harsh penalties deter fraud[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 10 months ago

Experts: Harsh penalties deter fraud[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Telecom fraud suspectes are escorted off a plane by Chinese police from Kenya. Scammers could get life on the mainland, compared with up to 5 years in Taiwan Considering the comparatively lighter punishments that convicted telecom swindlers face in Taiwan, repatriating Taiwan suspects to the mainland and trying them according to the mainland's laws will better help in fighting crime …

Two Chinese fugitives netted overseas
9 years ago

Two Chinese fugitives netted overseas

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Two suspects wanted for illegal fundraising have been returned from Malaysia and the Philippines, two more examples of success repatriations in China's campaign to hunt fugitives hiding overseas, according to the Ministry of Public Security. Suspect Miao allegedly collected nearly 500 million yuan, without the approval of local financial authorities, from more than 3,000 investors lured by the …

China goes global in its pursuit of critics
9 years, 1 month ago

China goes global in its pursuit of critics

CNN  

Story highlights China is taking its pursuit of critics outside its borders Chinese dissidents in Thailand tell CNN they're scared to go out They say they fear being taken by Chinese security forces Bangkok CNN — Yu Yanhua hasn’t been back to her apartment in days. “This is really the first time that we’ve seen in such an over flagrant …

China, US target 5 most-wanted fugitives
9 years, 3 months ago

China, US target 5 most-wanted fugitives

China Daily  

Chinese law enforcement authorities are working with the United States on the cases of the five most-wanted corrupt Chinese officials living in the US, a senior anti-corruption official said. "We are negotiating with our US counterparts on the five major corrupt fugitives, including Yang Xiuzhu, who is suspected of illegal immigration and is in custody awaiting deportation proceedings," said the …

China, US still facing uphill battles in fighting corruption
9 years, 6 months ago

China, US still facing uphill battles in fighting corruption

China Daily  

Corruptionhas long been a top concern among the Chinese, which may well explain why the strong anti-corruption campaign led by PresidentXi Jinpingis gaining growing support among the people. A Pew Research Center survey released last November found that 54 percent of Chinese called corruption a “very big problem” for their country. A June New York Times/CBS poll found that 85 …

China, US still facing uphill battles in fighting corruption
9 years, 6 months ago

China, US still facing uphill battles in fighting corruption

China Daily  

Corruptionhas long been a top concern among the Chinese, which may well explain why the strong anti-corruption campaign led by PresidentXi Jinpingis gaining growing support among the people. A Pew Research Center survey released last November found that 54 percent of Chinese called corruption a “very big problem” for their country. A June New York Times/CBS poll found that 85 …

China launches 'Sky Net' campaign to capture fugitive officials[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
10 years ago

China launches 'Sky Net' campaign to capture fugitive officials[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

An economic fraud suspect is returned to Beijing under police escort on Tuesday after 10 years on the run in Italy, marking the first extradition of its kind to China from a European country, according to the Ministry of Public Security. Those who help transfer embezzled money out of the country will also face punishment The central government has intensified …

China eyes on wider, tighter int'l anti-corruption network
10 years ago

China eyes on wider, tighter int'l anti-corruption network

China Daily  

China eyes on wider, tighter int'l anti-corruption network Updated: 2015-03-08 14:27:31 BEIJING - China will work with other countries to build a wider and tighter net of international anti-corruption cooperation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. Anti-corruption is a never-ending struggle and China would never relent its efforts of overseas hunting for suspects and recovering of their illegal assets, so …

Deals planned to recover illegal assets from abroad[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
10 years, 2 months ago

Deals planned to recover illegal assets from abroad[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

China will strengthen financial intelligence exchanges with the United States and Australia to track corrupt Chinese officials' illegal assets and fight money laundering, a senior official from the Ministry of Justice said. More than half the known corrupt Chinese officials have transferred their illegal assets offshore and escaped to the US, Canada and Australia to avoid punishment, the Ministry of …

China seeks West’s help to fight graft during APEC
10 years, 4 months ago

China seeks West’s help to fight graft during APEC

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s graft busters want foreign help in their “fox hunt” for corrupt officials who have fled the country and stashed their ill-gotten loot abroad, but misgivings about Chinese justice may deter the U.S. and other nations from wholeheartedly joining the chase. “This group will try and bring together the actual operational people who will share information on particular …

Chinese economic crime suspects repatriated
10 years, 7 months ago

Chinese economic crime suspects repatriated

China Daily  

BEIJING - Two suspects in a major economic crime recently gave themselves up and returned to China from Cambodia after being at large for ten years, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday. The chase dates back to July 2004 when police in North China's Shanxi province found 30-plus suspects, including the two, surnamed Zhu and Kong, lured 35 …

Many Chinese economic fugitives still at large in US
10 years, 7 months ago

Many Chinese economic fugitives still at large in US

China Daily  

More than 150 economic fugitives from China, most of whom are corrupt officials or face allegations of corruption, remain at large in the United States, according to an official from the Ministry of Public Security. "The US has become the top destination for Chinese fugitives fleeing the law," said Liao Jinrong, director general of the International Cooperation Bureau under the …

China hunts fugitive officials abroad
10 years, 8 months ago

China hunts fugitive officials abroad

China Daily  

BEIJING - China has launched an operation to hunt down corrupt officials and suspects in economic crimes who have fled the county. "They have caused a great economic loss to our country, and wasted our taxpayers' money," said Liu Dong, deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security's Economic Crime Investigation Department. In 2013, 762 people suspected of criminality in …

Police hunt for fugitives who fled with cash
10 years, 8 months ago

Police hunt for fugitives who fled with cash

China Daily  

Police are launching an operation to track down corrupt officials and others who have fled abroad with illegally obtained financial assets, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Tuesday. Liao Jinrong, director of the ministry's International Cooperation Bureau, said police in China face practical difficulties when trying to bring back economic fugitives. Huang Feng, a law professor at Beijing Normal …

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