More than 1,360 cases were solved and more than 26,000 pieces of cultural relics were recovered
The new round of national special campaigns to combat cultural relics has achieved remarkable results
Beijing, April 25, reporter Dong Fanchao, reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security today that since the Ministry of Public Security and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage deployed a new round of national anti-cultural relics crimes in August last year, more than 1,360 cases of various cultural relics crimes have been cracked. , Destroyed more than 280 criminal gangs, arrested more than 2,600 criminal suspects, and recovered more than 26,000 cultural relics, including 48 first-level cultural relics, 143 second-level cultural relics, and more than 1,600 third-level cultural relics.
In the special action, public security agencies in Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Gansu and other places have continued to crack down on 20 major cultural relic crime cases listed under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security since 2020.
The public security organs of Sichuan Province solved the accumulated case of cultural relics stolen from the Sichuan Provincial Library 16 years ago, and recovered the first-class cultural relic "The Eighteenth of Jin Guangming's Most Victorious King's Secret Artifact" and the third-class cultural relic "Fish Goose Collection".
The Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Bureau detected the "March 24" series of cases of theft of ancient tombs and reselling cultural relics in Lin'an, Hangzhou. 39 criminal suspects were arrested and a large number of extremely precious cultural relics such as secret colored porcelain and golden jade belts were successfully recovered.
The public security organs of Fujian Province uncovered the "11.23" series of stolen and fished cultural relics from the seabed in Zhangzhou, destroyed two professional criminal gangs, and recovered more than 1,500 various cultural relics, including more than 800 "sea fishing porcelain" from Longquan kiln in the Song Dynasty.
The public security organs across the country are quick to solve the current case, tackle the accumulated cases, make every effort to arrest the fugitives, pursue the stolen cultural relics, and resolutely cut the chain of cultural relics crime.
All 10 fugitives of major cultural relic crimes publicly wanted by the Ministry of Public Security’s A-level arrest order have been arrested and brought to justice, which strongly deterred criminals.