China News Service, Beijing, June 6 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 6th that from 2017 to 2021, 43,000 tobacco-related crimes were handled nationwide, and 44,000 were criminally detained, with a case value exceeding 100 billion yuan (RMB). , the same below).
It is understood that since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of the complex and severe situation of tobacco-related crimes, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the Ministry of Public Security have deployed national tobacco monopoly departments and public security organs to maintain a high-pressure crackdown on tobacco-related crimes and include cigarette anti-counterfeiting work. The Ministry of Public Security's "Kunlun" special campaign.
The police focused on key areas and key links such as transit transportation, logistics and delivery, adhered to "fighting gangs, breaking the network, catching the main culprit, and breaking the chain", carried out special crackdowns and comprehensive rectification, and severely cracked down on illegal and criminal activities such as counterfeit cigarette production and illegal distribution; Significant achievements have been made in combating overseas counterfeiting and smuggling by sea, consolidating source governance in key areas, cracking down on tobacco-related crimes in key areas, and cracking down on the supply chain of raw and auxiliary materials, which has effectively squeezed the activity space for tobacco-related crimes.
From 2017 to 2021, a total of 43,000 tobacco-related crimes were handled nationwide, 2.1 million counterfeit cigarettes, nearly 100,000 tons of cut tobacco leaves were seized, and more than 1,700 counterfeit cigarette machines were confiscated.
The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the Ministry of Public Security jointly supervised the handling of more than 390 major cases, detained 44,000 people, and successively organized and cracked a number of cases including Hangzhou "9.22", Jiangxi "12.01", and Fujian "2101". Extraordinary cases worth 100 million yuan have recovered over 100 billion yuan in economic losses for the country.
In order to commend the advanced and boost morale, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued a circular recently, commending 59 advanced groups and 120 advanced individuals in cigarette counterfeiting work in the national tobacco monopoly system and public security organs.
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