The Chinese police has detected 39,000 criminal cases involving food and drug rings and intellectual property rights since 2019, with a total value of more than 35 billion yuan

  China News Agency, Beijing, May 6 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) The Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China recently announced the results of the "Kunlun" action that has focused on combating food and drug rings and intellectual property crimes since 2019.

  At the beginning of 2019, the Ministry of Public Security accelerated the deepening of the reform of public security organs, integrated the responsibilities of combating food and drug, intellectual property rights, ecological environment, forest and grassland, biosecurity, and counterfeit and shoddy commodities. Combat food and medicine rings and intellectual property crimes. After the establishment of the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau, it quickly organized the national public security organs to focus on the "Kunlun" action against food and drug rings and intellectual property crimes, and cracked a large number of major cases.

  During the period, public security organs nationwide detected 39,000 criminal cases involving food and drug rings and intellectual property, arrested 65,000 criminal suspects, killed more than 7,200 criminal gangs, and destroyed 15,000 "black factories", "black workshops" and "black dens". The total value of the case involved is more than 35 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).

  Among them, more than 10,000 food safety criminal cases were detected, 18,000 criminal suspects were arrested, more than 2,300 criminal gangs were smashed, and more than 5,600 criminal dens were destroyed, with a total value of 12.8 billion yuan. Through special actions, the effective prevention and control of potential public safety risks in the field of food and medicine and intellectual property have actively promoted source governance in related fields.

  According to reports, since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, some criminals have taken the opportunity to carry out illegal criminal activities such as manufacturing and selling counterfeit masks and other protective equipment, which has caused major hidden dangers to people's health and public health. The Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau immediately launched the wartime working mechanism of the epidemic situation, and deployed with the 8 departments of the General Administration of Market Supervision, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Health and Health Commission to carry out special actions against illegal crimes such as masks and other protective materials. Crack down on the illegal criminal activities of making and selling fakes, and make every effort to safeguard the reputation of China.

  As of April 19, the local police have investigated and manufactured 1,159 cases of protective and inferior masks, medical alcohol and other protective materials, arrested 2,596 suspects, smashed more than 800 dens, seized more than 49.8 million counterfeit masks and a batch Medical alcohol, disinfectant and other materials have a case value of nearly 300 million yuan.

  In terms of severely cracking down on wildlife-related crimes, as of April 19, police across the country have filed and investigated more than 3,200 criminal cases involving wild animals, and investigated and handled more than 4,700 administrative cases. (Finish)