The Chinese police report the "victory" in cracking down on tax-related crimes last year: preliminary verification of the amount of more than 150 billion yuan involved

  China News Service, Beijing, January 3 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) A reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 3rd that since 2020, public security agencies across the country have persisted in proactive and combined operations, and carried out in-depth special operations to combat tax-related crimes in the "Hundred Cities Battle". Obtained remarkable results.

As of the end of December, the public security organs had filed and investigated more than 12,900 tax-related cases, and initially verified that the amount involved was more than 150 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).

  According to reports, in the special operation, the Ministry of Public Security unified command, centralized research and judgment, and synchronized network collection of extra-large tax-related crimes, cracking a number of major cases and destroying a number of criminal gang networks.

Among them, Tianjin Public Security Bureau uncovered a huge case of gold smuggling and defrauding export tax rebates, destroyed 8 gangs, and arrested 50 criminal suspects with a value of more than 2 billion yuan; Jiangsu Public Security Bureau uncovered a case involving the illegal sale of air passenger flights, involving the case The total price and tax amounted to more than 7 billion yuan; the Sichuan public security organs cracked the "June 9" case of falsely issuing special value-added tax invoices, and the total value and tax involved was more than 58 billion yuan.

  In response to criminals maliciously using the preferential tax policies and "non-contact tax handling convenience" measures introduced during the epidemic, falsely issuing invoices for epidemic-related items such as "masks" and "protective clothing", and registering shell companies across the country to implement false invoices For tax fraud crimes, the Ministry of Public Security organized public security organs in 19 provinces and cities including Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Guangdong to launch large-scale campaigns to combat epidemic-related and tax-related criminal activities carried out by professional criminal gangs. 39 cases were solved, involving value and tax. The total amounted to more than 100 billion yuan, 50 gangs were destroyed, more than 140 dens were destroyed, and more than 790 suspects were arrested.

  The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security stated that the public security organs will continue to deepen the “Hundred Cities Battle” special operation, keep a close eye on the situation of tax-related crimes, adjust the focus and direction of work in a timely manner, and always maintain a high-pressure situation of cracking down on tax-related crimes, and further strengthen cooperation The cooperation and cooperation of taxation and other departments have strengthened supervision to ensure that various tax-benefit policies and tax facilitation measures truly benefit enterprises and the people.

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