China News Service, April 8 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Public Security, it is now the season of spring plowing preparations. In order to purify the order of the agricultural input market and protect the safety of spring plowing production, the Ministry of Public Security, together with relevant departments, has recently launched a nationwide special campaign to combat counterfeit agricultural inputs. , organize the national public security organs to combine with the "Kunlun 2024" special action, resolutely crack down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities in the production and sale of fake and inferior agricultural materials in accordance with the law, effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of farmers, actively serve rural revitalization, and strive to provide a new round of 100 billion kilograms of grain The production capacity improvement action contributes to the public security force.
The Ministry of Public Security requires that on the basis of continuous crackdowns and rectifications in recent years, we should further highlight the key points of the crackdown, closely focus on the farming season, continuously deepen the "field police" work of anti-counterfeiting agricultural materials, keep an eye on key areas such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, and integrate resources. We will comprehensively search for clues and crack down on outstanding criminal activities such as seed infringement, illegal addition of hidden ingredients to pesticides, and insufficient nutritional content of fertilizers, especially to crack down on the crime of counterfeit sales of agricultural inputs by "fudge groups" who deceive and deceive farmers. Cruel hand. It is necessary to further optimize the attack methods, strengthen precision strikes, deep strikes, large-scale strikes, and coordinated strikes. We must insist on attacking "black dens," "black workshops," "black factories," and gangs that commit crimes early and when they show up, and target those involved in the case. For key cases that are numerous and cause great harm to society, we will launch cluster campaigns, carry out concentrated case-solving efforts, and resolutely destroy the entire criminal network. It is necessary to further deepen the connection of executions, continuously improve systems such as information sharing, case notification, case transfer, and joint supervision between departments, and promote the formation of joint efforts among departments. It is necessary to further strengthen regional police cooperation, crack down on the criminal chain of "production, supply, and sales" of fake and inferior agricultural inputs in all aspects, promptly organize the public security organs of the places involved in major cross-regional cases to launch regional anti-counterfeiting campaigns on agricultural inputs, and continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of joint crackdowns. .
In recent years, criminal gangs that “swindle” agricultural inputs have continued to innovate their criminal methods and travel to rural areas to sell fake and inferior agricultural inputs at high prices, causing some farmers to suffer serious economic losses. The Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security reminds that this type of crime has the behavioral characteristics of one "luring", two "exaggerating" and three "cheating", that is: first using small gifts, free meals and other small favors to attract the masses to participate in the so-called agricultural activities. Information science and technology lectures, new agricultural product promotion meetings and other activities, and then the criminals pretend to be agricultural experts, manufacturer technicians, etc. to "boast" the efficacy and performance of fake and inferior agricultural products, and finally use heavy discounts, limited-time promotions and other rhetoric Lure the masses into buying fake and inferior agricultural inputs. If the general public finds anyone who meets the above behavioral characteristics and is suspected of being a "scammer", please report it to the public security organs and relevant departments in a timely manner.
In order to deter criminals and remind the public to take more precautions, the Ministry of Public Security today announced five typical cases of "scammers" selling fake agricultural supplies.
Typical cases of public security organs cracking down on counterfeit sales of agricultural supplies by "scammers" in accordance with the law
Tieling, Liaoning Province, detected a case of selling fake and inferior compound fertilizer through false testing methods.
The case was solved based on clues discovered during the work of the public security organs, and two suspects were arrested, with a case value of more than 1.1 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal suspect Tian Moumou and others pretended to be experts from an agricultural university and conducted false water absorption tests on site to show farmers that their fertilizers had strong water absorption (actually they were water-retaining agents). After gaining the trust of the masses, they sold them at high prices and were effective. Compound fertilizer with insufficient ingredients.
Changchun, Jilin Province detected a case of counterfeit corn seeds being sold in an agricultural supplies store.
The case was solved based on clues reported by the rights holder's company, and 7 suspects were arrested, with a case value of more than 20 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal suspect Yin Moumou and others took advantage of the convenience of operating agricultural supplies stores to go from village to village, claiming to the public that they could get goods directly from manufacturers, and tricked farmers into buying counterfeit corn seeds at ultra-low prices.
Harbin, Heilongjiang, uncovered a case of a "scammer" selling fake and inferior compound fertilizer.
The case was solved based on clues reported by the market supervision department, and 7 suspects were arrested, with a case value of more than 20 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal suspect Wang Moumou and others gathered people with criminal records in agricultural supplies and fled to remote villages. The gang members played different "roles" such as lecturers and salespersons to sell fertilizers with insufficient active ingredients to farmers.
Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, uncovered a case of pretending to be an expert selling fake and inferior fertilizer.
The case was solved based on clues discovered during the work of the public security organs. 43 suspects were arrested and 35 tons of fake and inferior fertilizers were seized, with a case value of more than 20 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal suspect Xin and others, under the guise of university lecturers and members of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Center, induced farmers to buy fertilizers with insufficient active ingredients by going to the countryside to entertain farmers, exaggerating the efficacy of fertilizers, and promoting them at low prices.
Nanchong, Sichuan, uncovered a case of selling counterfeit and substandard soybean seeds.
The case was solved based on a case transferred by the agriculture and rural sector. Six suspects were arrested and more than 600 kilograms of counterfeit soybean seeds were seized, with a case value of more than 1 million yuan. After investigation, the criminal suspect Liu Moumou and others purchased ordinary soybeans and falsely claimed that the soybeans were developed by seed research institutions and had the characteristics of fast maturity, high yield, resistance to diseases and pests, etc., and sold them externally, causing confusion among agricultural companies and farmers. huge loss.