China News Service, Shanghai, August 18 (Reporter Li Shuzheng) The reporter learned from the Shanghai police on the 18th that since the beginning of this year, the Shanghai police have recovered a total of 42 suspects who fled overseas economic crimes, and recovered more than 140 million yuan (RMB, the same below). ).
According to the Shanghai police, since the "Hundred Days Action" to crack down on public security in the summer, under the on-site supervision of the First Inspectorate of the Ministry of Public Security, the Shanghai Police, in conjunction with the "Fox Hunting 2022" special operation, have continued to pursue economic crime suspects who have fled abroad. 20 suspects were recovered from 9 countries and regions, including 14 suspects of contract fraud and illegal business operations.
In July 2014, the Ministry of Public Security decided to deploy a nationwide special operation to hunt down fugitive overseas economic crime suspects, code-named "Fox Hunting".
According to the Shanghai police, up to now, the city’s public security organs have dispatched 68 arrest teams to overseas, and through various means such as repatriation, extradition, and persuasion, they have recovered economic crime suspects who have fled overseas from 47 countries and regions. 868 people, of which the longest escape time is 27 years, and 3 "hundred red notice personnel" are included, achieving a "zero" breakthrough in cooperation with many countries in pursuit of escape.
At the same time, by chasing fugitives to promote the recovery of stolen goods, more than 7.66 billion yuan of stolen money was directly recovered for the country and the people.
Up to now, the Shanghai police have dispatched 68 arrest teams overseas, and a total of 868 economic crime suspects have been recovered from 47 countries and regions.
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Continue to "hunt foxes" under the epidemic situation
At the beginning of 2020, the global COVID-19 epidemic has brought many challenges to the international escaping work. The different epidemic situations and policies of various countries have resulted in greater travel resistance, longer chasing cycles, and higher risk factors.
The Shanghai police have never stopped chasing and fleeing.
In September 2020, the Shanghai police overcame multiple difficulties in epidemic prevention and control and went abroad. Through international law enforcement cooperation, they have detected the largest number of finished counterfeit cigarettes and the highest amount of money involved in transnational production and sales of counterfeit cigarettes in Shanghai so far. 128 days of overseas pursuit and escape record.
Clear the fog and see through the tricks of the escapees
In the international pursuit of escape, the police not only have to face the complex international situation and the ever-changing global epidemic, but also face the mist of tricks carefully arranged by the escapees.
According to the police, some fugitives changed their names and surnames, bought new identities and new documents from overseas illegal channels in an attempt to "restart", and some fugitives pretended to be the victims of the tsunami and earthquake in an attempt to "pass the border", and others The fugitives purchased "death certificates" from overseas illegal channels in an attempt to "disappear".
In this regard, the Shanghai police refined the implementation of "one person, one file" and "one person, one policy".
Recently, the Shanghai police recovered a contract fraud suspect, Tu Mou, who had fled overseas.
Tu purchased a "death certificate" illegally overseas in an attempt to evade legal sanctions.
However, the task force found suspicious points in the details and pursued it relentlessly. Finally, they found out where they stayed overseas and brought them to justice through international police cooperation.
In July 2014, the public security deployed a special operation to hunt down fugitive overseas economic crime suspects, code-named "Fox Hunting".
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Promoting the recovery of stolen goods to protect the rights and interests of the people
In recent years, some suspects in illegal fundraising and other mass-related economic crimes have fled the country with funds, causing property damage to the masses.
In this regard, while the Shanghai police continue to increase the crackdown on such cases, they insist on chasing those who escape and those who have stolen goods.
In the past eight years, the Shanghai police have recovered 173 suspects of illegal fund-raising who fled overseas, including many major suspects in cases with extensive social influence and huge amounts of money involved, directly saving more than 3 billion yuan in economic losses for the public.
At the same time, the Shanghai police insisted on expanding the channels for the recovery of stolen goods through various means, combined with the special campaign against the crime of using offshore companies and underground banks to transfer stolen funds overseas, dynamically checked the channels for the illegal transfer of funds by fugitives, frozen the accounts involved in the case in a timely manner, and carried out accurate overseas recovery of stolen funds.
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