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 country's emergency call number 110. Beijing police revealed that their case-solving rate for the fraud and the number of criminal detentions for suspects in 2024 increased by 26.9 percent and 36.8 percent year-on-year, respectively. Additionally, the capital's police focused more on fighting polluters and those infringing upon intellectual property rights in the past year, with more than 660 criminal cases resolved and over 2,300 suspects detained, it said.

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China intensifies crackdown on prostitution, gambling
1 month ago

China intensifies crackdown on prostitution, gambling

China Daily  

BEIJING -- In 2024, Chinese police resolved over 60,000 criminal cases and 500,000 public order violations involving prostitution, pornography or gambling, amid reinforced efforts to address key public security concerns, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. Law enforcement agencies conducted large-scale operations targeting online prostitution, illegal gambling and unlawful lotteries, dismantling a significant number of criminal networks and …

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 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 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 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 …

58.5% more people indicted for telecom, cyber fraud from Jan-Nov 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

58.5% more people indicted for telecom, cyber fraud from Jan-Nov 2024

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Chinese procuratorates indicted over 67,000 individuals for telecom and cyber fraud from January to November 2024, up 58.5 percent year on year, according to a national chief prosecutors' meeting on Monday. A tough stance against severe, violent crime was taken last year, with 55,000 people involved in such crimes indicted by procuratorates over the 11-month period. Procuratorates also …

Police vow to crack down on telecom fraud
2 months, 1 week ago

Police vow to crack down on telecom fraud

China Daily  

Chinese police will maintain harsh response to telecommunications 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. China's Ministry of Public Security launched a special campaign in July 2023 to crack down on telecommunications fraud organizations in northern Myanmar targeting Chinese …

China sees 25.7% drop in criminal cases in 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China sees 25.7% drop in criminal cases in 2024

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China witnessed a 25.7-percent decline in criminal cases in 2024 compared to the previous year, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday, which marks China's fifth national police day. Cases of public security remained largely unchanged, and the overall public safety situation remained stable, the ministry told a press conference. Public security authorities solved over 17,000 cases …

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 …

Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese authorities strengthen cooperation to fight trans-border telecom fraud

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-02 13:30 BEIJING -- China's prosecution and public security authorities have strengthened joint efforts to combat cross-border telecom fraud, with eight major cases placed under joint oversight, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced on Sunday. This initiative builds on previous joint efforts between the SPP and the Ministry of Public Security, which have overseen 13 significant cross-border telecom …

111 telecom fraud suspects handed over to China
6 months, 1 week ago

111 telecom fraud suspects handed over to China

China Daily  

The Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday that 111 Chinese suspects involved in telecom fraud in the fourth special zone of Shan State, northern Myanmar, have been handed over to China. Public security organizations in Yunnan province and law enforcement departments in Myanmar carried out border law enforcement cooperation and recently cracked down on fraud-related dens in the fourth …

China orders intensified efforts in assets recovery in cross-border telecom fraud
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society
1 year, 3 months ago

China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society

Hindustan Times  

ON SEPTEMBER 22nd, in the north-eastern city of Yanji, a police officer discovered that his pistol had gone missing. In 2004 the ministry of public security, under the slogan “murder cases must be solved”, began pushing local authorities to quickly achieve at least an 85% success rate in such cases. A study in 2006, for example, showed that over 50% …

Busting of telecom fraud gang a major victory
1 year, 4 months ago

Busting of telecom fraud gang a major victory

China Daily  

Telecom fraud suspects are handed over to Chinese police in Lincang, Yunnan province. Shortly after the Chinese police disclosed the identity of four major criminal suspects of Chinese nationality behind a large-scale telecom fraud gang that has been active in the border region on the Myanmar side, which is responsible for many telecom fraud cases in China in recent years, …

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 …

China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact
1 year, 5 months ago

China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhang is one of tens of thousands of people, mostly but not all Chinese, who have become ensnared in cyber scam networks run by powerful Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast …

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's NYC police station nothing new as Beijing has over 100 stations in 53 countries
1 year, 11 months ago

China's NYC police station nothing new as Beijing has over 100 stations in 53 countries

Firstpost  

New Delhi: After the discovery of a Chinese police station covertly running in New York, all eyes are on how many more such police stations, China has established in foreign countries. Reports say that Beijing has more than 100 overseas police stations set up in foreign countries, allegedly to keep tabs, harass and sometimes recover Chinese citizens living abroad in …

China's 'overseas police stations' expose Western hypocrisy
1 year, 11 months ago

China's 'overseas police stations' expose Western hypocrisy

Firstpost  

China has reportedly established around 102 ‘overseas police stations’ in at least 53 nations around the world that activists fear could be used to track and harass dissidents as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s so-called crackdown on corruption New Delhi: The FBI on Monday arrested two men on charges that they helped establish a secret police station in New …

双语新闻播报（March 6）
2 years ago

双语新闻播报（March 6）

China Daily  

> Chinese police report major organized crime crackdown 去年160余个涉黑组织被打掉 Chinese police dismantled more than 160 organized crime groups and 1,520 criminal gangs in 2022 amid ongoing efforts to combat organized crime, the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday. 2022年共破获各类刑事案件2万余起，有力巩固了扫黑除恶专项斗争成果。自2018年开始，全国开展为期三年的扫黑除恶专项斗争。 The police took down 28 organized crime groups and 229 gangs active in rural areas, effectively maintaining social order in …

China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries
2 years, 4 months ago

China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

Wired  

For years, AlphaBay ruled the dark web. Officials in Canada and the Netherlands are investigating allegations that Chinese police forces have operated a network of illegal police stations within their countries. Spanish civil rights group Safeguard Defenders first claimed that Chinese police forces from the cities of Fuzhou and Qingtian were running “overseas police service stations” across the West in …

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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Former police star opts for a quieter beat
2 years, 10 months ago

Former police star opts for a quieter beat

China Daily  

Chen gives an anti-fraud lecture at Yanshan University's School of Economics and Management in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, last year. Due to the surge in cyber fraud and scam cases, in 2017, three police officers, including Chen, joined the newly established Haigang District Anti-Fraud Center. "When a woman of my mother's age knelt down in front of me, begging for help …

Former police star opts for a quieter beat
2 years, 10 months ago

Former police star opts for a quieter beat

China Daily  

Chen gives an anti-fraud lecture at Yanshan University's School of Economics and Management in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, last year. Due to the surge in cyber fraud and scam cases, in 2017, three police officers, including Chen, joined the newly established Haigang District Anti-Fraud Center. "When a woman of my mother's age knelt down in front of me, begging for help …

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 …

Police bust telecom fraud operations
7 years, 10 months ago

Police bust telecom fraud operations

China Daily  

Police in Guangdong province have detained 910 suspects after busting 80 gangs they say were involved in telecom fraud, theft and robbery, in two crackdowns launched in late April and early May. Many bank cards, cellphones and cash machines were seized, Zhang Rui, political commissar of the Guangdong Public Security Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, said at a news conference in …

Judicial officials clarify law to fight info theft, fraud
7 years, 10 months ago

Judicial officials clarify law to fight info theft, fraud

China Daily  

Individuals who earned 5,000 yuan or more by illegally selling others' personal information will face up to three years behind bars, according to a judicial interpretation jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate on Tuesday. The interpretation will not only increase protection for personal data, but also fight fraud from the start," Li Ruiyi, deputy chief …

Guangdong police bust telephone fraud gangs
7 years, 11 months ago

Guangdong police bust telephone fraud gangs

China Daily  

A senior police officer in Guangdong province has vowed to introduce more effective and concrete measures to crack down on telephone fraud. "Telephone fraud is something that really disgusts people," said Zhang Rui, political commissar of the province's criminal investigation bureau. Zhang made the remarks at a news conference in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, on Tuesday, as he announced the …

Online, telecom fraud on the rise in Beijing
8 years, 4 months ago

Online, telecom fraud on the rise in Beijing

China Daily  

More than 40 million yuan worth of fraud cases involving over 1,900 victims have been dealt with by the capital's courts over the past three years, it was revealed on Friday. In that time, courts at all levels have handed down sentences ranging from eight months to 20 years in jail to 326 defendants, Beijing High People's Court said in …

Intensify crackdown on telecom frauds
8 years, 6 months ago

Intensify crackdown on telecom frauds

China Daily  

Song Zhenning died of heart attack after being swindled in a telephone scam. THE LOCAL POLICE in East China's Shandong province and South China's Guangdong province have detained 28 suspects involved in three recent telecom fraud cases and in so doing exposed a nationwide network of telecom fraudsters and hackers. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Saturday: It is reported that …

China official stresses crackdown on economic crimes
8 years, 7 months ago

China official stresses crackdown on economic crimes

China Daily  

A senior official of the Communist Party of China has urged police to keep a firm hand on economic crimes, with a focus on supervision and risk prevention. Meng cited contract fraud, counterfeiting and copyright infringement as frequent economic crimes that police should firmly focus on, in addition to key areas such as corruption and bribery. Official figures released by …

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years
8 years, 7 months ago

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years

China Daily  

BEIJING - Chinese police have cracked 815,000 economic crime cases since 2011, recovering losses 300 billion yuan, according to a statement on Thursday. Such crimes, including banking card fraud, illegal fundraising and pyramid selling, have "put China's economic security at risk," the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement, adding that these crimes have reached housing, job market, environmental …

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years
8 years, 7 months ago

Chinese police crack 815,000 economic crime cases in 5 years

China Daily  

BEIJING - Chinese police have cracked 815,000 economic crime cases since 2011, recovering losses 300 billion yuan, according to a statement on Thursday. Such crimes, including banking card fraud, illegal fundraising and pyramid selling, have "put China's economic security at risk," the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement, adding that these crimes have reached housing, job market, environmental …

Police crack online pyramid scheme involving 5,800 people
8 years, 10 months ago

Police crack online pyramid scheme involving 5,800 people

China Daily  

Police crack online pyramid scheme involving 5,800 people Updated: 2016-05-15 08:17 BEIJING - Chinese police have dismantled a pyramid scheme involving more than 5,800 victims from 28 provinces and millions of yuan, said the Ministry of Public Security on Friday. Last June and August, police received alerts from the People's Bank of China and the Guangdong branch of China Securities …

Police raids net 236 fraud suspects
8 years, 11 months ago

Police raids net 236 fraud suspects

China Daily  

Simultaneous police operations across 10 provinces and regions involving more than 1,400 officers have led to the detention of 236 suspects connected with telephone fraud, it has been revealed. Code-named Jufeng 2, the raids on March 25 saw police in Guangdong province alone target 127 criminal hideouts in no fewer than 12 prefecture-level cities. The suspects detained included 26 who …

Chinese police seize 53 telecom fraud suspects
9 years, 2 months ago

Chinese police seize 53 telecom fraud suspects

China Daily  

XI'AN -- Chinese police have seized 53 suspects for telecom fraud involving more than 10 million yuan, police from Northwest China's Shaanxi province said Tuesday at a press conference. They also seized more than 200 pieces of equipment, including computer and telephone sets, 200 mobile phones, and over 1,000 fake prepaid phone cards. With the help of phone number changing …

Chinese police seize 470 suspects in transnational telecom fraud
9 years, 2 months ago

Chinese police seize 470 suspects in transnational telecom fraud

China Daily  

Fraud suspects board a plane under police escort at Xishuangbanna Airport in Southwest China's Yunnan province. KUNMING - Chinese police have recently busted a cross-border telecom fraud gang and seized 470 suspects through collaboration with Lao police, the Ministry of Public Security said Friday in a statement at its official website. All suspects were immediately sent to Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous …

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 …

More than 250 telecom fraud suspects returned from Indonesia, Cambodia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 4 months ago

More than 250 telecom fraud suspects returned from Indonesia, Cambodia[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Suspects involved in telecom swindle cases are escorted off an aircraft by the police at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov 10, 2015. A total of 254 suspects from the Chinese mainland involved in telecom swindle cases were sent to the mainland on Tuesday morning from Indonesia and Cambodia under the escort of …

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 …

Beijing adds vendors, community workers in anti-terror fight
10 years, 9 months ago

Beijing adds vendors, community workers in anti-terror fight

China Daily  

Beijing will further encourage the public to report and provide clues on terrorist activities, and build an extensive counter-terrorism intelligence system that includes vendors and community workers, according to a Beijing Counter-Terrorism Office meeting last week. So far, a team of around 100,000 people in the city have been included in the system to offer reports and provide clues on …

Beijing, Indonesian police smash telephone scam dens
11 years, 3 months ago

Beijing, Indonesian police smash telephone scam dens

China Daily  

Beijing police working with their Indonesian counterparts have smashed three telephone scam dens in Indonesia, resulting in the arrest of 112 people suspected of telecom fraud, including 33 from the Chinese mainland and 79 from Taiwan, since November. The suspects in Indonesia pretended to be police officers and prosecutors and called residents in China almost 30,000 times since September, including …

1,213 arrested for personal info trafficking
11 years, 7 months ago

1,213 arrested for personal info trafficking

China Daily  

BEIJING - Chinese police have broken up 468 gangs and arrested 1,213 people for suspected personal information trafficking, according to a statement released Sunday by the Ministry of Public Security. A total of 1,327 cases of personal information trafficking were solved and more than 700 million pieces of personal information were seized by police from more than 20 public security …

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