China News Agency, Beijing, March 5 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 5th that the National Anti-Fraud Center urgently stopped paying more than 320 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) of the funds involved in the case last year, and intercepted 1.55 billion fraudulent calls. , successfully prevented more than 28 million people from being deceived.
In recent years, telecommunications and network fraud crimes have continued to occur frequently, and criminals' methods of committing crimes have been constantly renovated.
Public security organs across the country take cracking down on telecommunications and network fraud as an important measure in the practice of "I do practical things for the masses".
"From June to December 2021, the number of telecommunications network fraud crimes registered for seven consecutive months decreased year-on-year, and breakthroughs have been made in crackdown and governance work, which has effectively curbed the rising trend of telecommunications network fraud crimes." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security said.
In 2021, the public security organs have cracked more than 441,000 telecom and network fraud cases, arrested more than 690,000 criminal suspects, and destroyed 39,000 illegal and criminal gangs involving "two cards" (mobile phone cards and bank cards), and returned the funds to the public. 12 billion yuan of defrauded funds.
In response to the continuous renovation of fraudsters' modus operandi, the Ministry of Public Security, together with the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the People's Bank of China and other departments, has pioneered technical interception and precise dissuasion.
Last year, the National Anti-Fraud Center urgently stopped paying more than 320 billion yuan of funds involved, intercepted 1.55 billion fraudulent calls and 1.76 billion fraudulent text messages, successfully preventing more than 28 million people from being deceived.
In 2021, relying on the inter-ministerial joint meeting system of the State Council, the Ministry of Public Security will deploy local public security organs to educate and persuade fraudsters to return in an orderly manner.
So far, 210,000 people have been persuaded to return from abroad.
According to the actual situation, the public security organs in various places organized and carried out investigation and persuasion to persuade them to return.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security introduced: "The fight against telecommunications and network fraud is a complex social governance issue, involving Internet governance, financial communication industry supervision, and the improvement of laws and regulations." Through communication and cooperation, we will effectively promote the financial, communications, Internet and other departments to fulfill their regulatory responsibilities, strengthen industry governance, and plug the loopholes that breed illegal crimes from the source.
Up to now, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have cleared 64.41 million high-risk phone cards and 16.41 million virtual business cards, and worked with the People's Bank of China to clear 1.48 billion risky accounts.
In addition, the Ministry of Public Security actively cooperated with the Legal Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress to promote the legislative process of the Anti-Telecommunications Network Fraud Law, and jointly issued relevant legal documents with the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments to provide a solid legal guarantee for the crackdown on governance.
In recent years, the public security organs have insisted on actively building an anti-fraud propaganda system covering the whole society, and organized anti-fraud propaganda in communities, in rural areas, in families, in schools, and in enterprises, so as to improve the public's awareness and ability to recognize and prevent fraud.
In 2021, the public security organs will carry out 15,000 themed publicity sessions, send 3.62 billion public welfare text messages, the National Anti-Fraud Center APP has issued a total of 230 million warnings to the public, and accepted 11.1 million clues reported by the public. Nothing to hide.
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