Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 20 (Reporter Du Yan) "Looking for the owner of a drunk car as a driving agent, making up a reason to leave while driving, waiting for the car owner to drive on his own, deliberately causing a collision by his accomplices to carry out extortion..." Today , Beijing police stated that, after careful investigations, fixed evidence, and centralized collection of the Internet, the Beijing police successfully dismantled a criminal gang that had carried out extortion through traffic accidents, and captured and criminally detained 14 suspects in one fell swoop.

　　In July of this year, the Beijing police discovered during their work that a man named Zhang Mouzhong and his "friend" cross-driving vehicles caused 68 traffic accidents, and most of them were solely responsible for the other party. This situation aroused the attention of the police.

Relying on the "police-insurance cooperation" mechanism, the traffic control department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, after combing and analyzing with insurance agencies, found that this was likely to be a criminal gang that deliberately caused traffic accidents to "touch porcelain" and forwarded the clues to the criminal investigation department.

　　Immediately, the Beijing police set up a task force composed of criminal investigation, traffic control, network security and other departments and territorial sub-bureaus to begin investigation.

After careful investigation, the task force gradually eliminated the "pengci" gang headed by Zhang Mouzhong. The gang has about 10 people, most of whom have criminal records such as robbery, theft, and drug use. They mainly live in Chaoyang, Daxing, and Yanjiao, Hebei, etc. When committing a crime, usually 4 to 8 people drive more than 2 motor vehicles, go to Chaoyang Wangjing, Joy City and other prosperous areas at night, look for the owner of the drunk car as a driver, deliberately make up the reason to leave while driving, and secretly follow Once the accomplices find that the owner is driving by himself, they will look for opportunities to deliberately create a collision and carry out extortion.

For fear of being punished for drunk driving, the victims often settled their affairs by paying money, and the largest amount of extortion was 40,000 yuan.

If the victim refuses to pay the money, the gang members use methods such as calling the police to force the car owner to pay the money, so as to achieve the purpose of extorting money.

　　After obtaining sufficient evidence, the task force formulated a thorough arrest plan, and in mid-November carried out a centralized net-retraction operation in Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Daxing, and Yanjiao, Hebei, and captured all 14 suspects in one fell swoop.

After review, the gang has a clear division of labor. Zhang Mouzhong and Nan Moutao are the leaders of the gang and are responsible for organizing members to commit crimes. Some of the other gang members are acting as drivers and are responsible for finding "targets" for drunk driving. Some driving vehicles deliberately create traffic. In the accident, some are responsible for standing up and pretending to be onlookers to "persuade" the victim to pay the money.

After "Pang Ci" succeeded, the organizers Zhang Mouzhong and Nan Moutao divided the stolen money according to the division of labor among the members of the gang.

At present, all 14 criminal suspects have been detained under criminal law, and the case is under further review.

　　It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the traffic control department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has innovated its work methods around the regular characteristics of traffic accident "porcelain bumping" cases. By monitoring and sorting out traffic accidents with suspicious “porcelain bumping” cases, it has dealt with criminal gangs behind the scenes. In-depth digging, concatenation, crackdown and investigation have been carried out, and good work results have been achieved.

According to statistics, in 2021, the Beijing police have cracked down on 58 people who violated the law through traffic accidents.

　　In response to the illegal and criminal phenomena of pretending to be "drivers" and looking for opportunities to create traffic accidents "touching porcelain", criminals often use the behavior of drunk driving or drunk driving to achieve the purpose of extortion.

The Beijing police reminded the majority of drivers that they should resolutely abandon the psychology of fluke, put an end to drunk driving, drunk driving and other illegal activities, consciously abide by various traffic laws, and do not give criminals a chance to take advantage of the law.

　　The Beijing police stated that in the next step, they will continue to severely crack down on various traffic-related crimes, create a good urban traffic and social security environment, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

At the same time, the general public is reminded to install front and rear driving recorders in the car as much as possible. In the event of a traffic accident, the responsibility for the accident can be judged based on the images, and the police will be provided with evidence to combat illegal crimes such as "touching porcelain".

When in doubt about a traffic accident, do not try to save trouble or be afraid of punishment and choose "private". You should actively call the "122" accident alarm number and wait for the police to deal with it. On the premise of safety, promptly call the police for help.

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