254 Chinese suspects in telecom frauds extradited from Indonesia, Cambodia

A total of 254 suspects from the Chinese mainland involved in telecom swindle cases were taken back from Indonesia and Cambodia Tuesday by Chinese police.

254 Chinese suspects in telecom frauds extradited from Indonesia, Cambodia

Xinhua / Shanghai Daily | November 10, 2015

 

A total of 254 suspects from the Chinese mainland involved in telecom swindle cases were taken back from Indonesia and Cambodia Tuesday by Chinese police, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

The suspects are involved in more than 4,000 major transnational telecom frauds with victims coming from over 20 Chinese provinces and regions including Hong Kong, the ministry said in a press release.

Aboard four flights from the two countries, the suspects landed in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou.

The suspects were repatriated in the first overseas operation since a campaign targeting new types of telecom crime was launched in China last month to combat what is now one of the fastest growing crimes.

On Oct. 19, police from the Chinese mainland, in collaboration with their counterparts from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia, busted eight telecom scam dens and captured 224 suspects in Indonesia, including 86 from the Chinese mainland and 138 from Taiwan.

On Oct. 31, police from the Chinese mainland and Cambodia destroyed three scam dens, captured 168 suspects, and seized a number of computers, mobile phones and bank cards which had been used to commit the alleged offenses.

The Ministry of Public Security said it is committed to improving law enforcement cooperation with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and countries around the world in terms of intelligence exchange, investigation and capture of suspects.

"The capability to fight trans-regional and transnational crimes must be enhanced to leave the criminals no place to hide or commit their crimes," the ministry said in a press release.