According to the website of the Ministry of Public Security, the quality of seeds, pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural materials is related to national food security and rural revitalization. Public security organs across the country conscientiously studied and implemented the spirit of the 3th CPC National Congress, carried out the "Kunlun" special operation in depth, severely cracked down on the crime of manufacturing and selling fake and inferior agricultural materials in accordance with the law, and concentrated on solving a number of major and important cases. On March 16, the Ministry of Public Security announced seven typical cases of cracking down on counterfeiting of agricultural materials.
1. The Harbin public security organ in Heilongjiang Province detected the case of Li and others manufacturing and selling fake rice seeds
In January 2023, based on clues found in the work, the Harbin Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a case of making and selling fake rice seeds and arrested 1 criminal suspects. After investigation, since 3, the criminal suspect Li has relied on companies such as grain and rice professional cooperatives controlled and operated by his father to purchase a large number of rice seeds and ordinary rice bred from other varieties, without screening the necessary processes for inferior seed production, directly applying rice seed varieties that are still in the trial production stage and have not been approved, and selling them to the outside world through the development of distributors, setting up direct stores, and live streaming goods, with a case value of more than 2022 million yuan.
This case is a typical case of the public security organs severely cracking down on the illegal crime of manufacturing and selling fake and inferior seeds. Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture, and seed quality is particularly important to ensure agricultural production. In this case, the criminal suspect used non-seeds to impersonate seeds and other varieties of seeds as high-quality varieties of seeds, and the relevant seeds involved in the case were determined by the administrative departments to be fake seeds. As a seed industry practitioner, the criminal suspect not only sells unscreened and processed "gross grain" as seeds, but even sells ordinary rice as seeds, and the quality of seeds cannot be guaranteed at all, seriously disrupting the order of rice seed market operation and causing the real risk of rice yield reduction. In addition to developing offline dealers and setting up directly-operated stores, the criminal suspects also directly sold fake seeds through live streaming platforms, which had a very bad impact. The public security organs have promptly notified the administrative departments of the situation to take control measures in accordance with the law to prevent the continued circulation of fake seeds, and promoted the strengthening of the supervision of physical stores, focusing on increasing the supervision of e-commerce online sales of seeds, and making every effort to maintain the benign development of the seed market.
2. The public security organ of Liaocheng, Shandong Province detected the case of Zhang Moumou and others manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy wheat seeds
In November 2022, according to the clues reported by the administrative department, the Liaocheng City Public Security Bureau detected a case of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy wheat seeds, arrested 11 criminal suspects, and seized more than 20,20 jin of counterfeit wheat seeds, more than 10,2021 packaging bags, seeding machines and packaging machines and other filling equipment. After investigation, since June 6, the criminal suspect Zhang Moumou, together with Chen Moumou, a legal person of a certain industry company, and others purchased the right to produce and operate wheat seeds of a certain brand as a cover, customized seed packaging bags, and used ordinary wheat or inferior wheat seeds to fill and sell seeds of the brand as seeds for external sales, with a case value of more than 900 million yuan.
This case is a typical case of public security organs and administrative departments working together to punish seed deck infringement and crime in accordance with the law. Deck infringement is the most typical criminal method in the field of seed industry, criminals make profits by purchasing privately bred seed decks and selling best-selling seeds to the outside world, which not only does not guarantee the quality of such seeds, but also seriously disrupts the order of the seed market, infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of right holders and enterprises, and hinders the benign development of the national seed industry. In 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security and other seven departments jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in the Seed Industry, Combating the Infringement of Counterfeit and Shoddy Decks, and Creating a Good Environment for the Revitalization of the Seed Industry, guiding all localities to strengthen the crackdown on illegal and criminal activities such as counterfeiting and shoddy and deck infringement. In this case, the suspect concealed his criminal methods, and used the use of inferior wheat seeds or even ordinary wheat filling and packaging under the cover of setting up a seed company and purchasing the right to operate branded seeds, seriously infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of the right holder, enterprises and consumers. The public security organs strengthened coordination and cooperation with the competent administrative departments, smashed the deck infringement criminal gang headed by Zhang Moumou in one fell swoop, promptly prevented a large number of fake and shoddy wheat seeds from flowing into the cultivation link, and effectively safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the broad masses of farmers and brand seed enterprises.
3. The public security organ of Hefei, Anhui Province detected the case of Deng Moumou and others infringing on the trade secrets of the seed industry
In April 2022, according to the clues reported, the Hefei Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a case of infringement of trade secrets in the seed industry, arrested 4 criminal suspects, and seized 5,1 jin of infringing rice seeds. After investigation, after 2 years, Anhui Industrial Company has developed a certain variety of hybrid rice seed, obtained the national new plant variety right, and passed the examination and approval of the agricultural and rural departments and obtained the marketing license. The rice seed cultivation technology is the company's core trade secret. In 8, Deng Moumou, the person in charge of a certain industry company as a seed production partner, violated the confidentiality contract, privately retained the parents of the rice seed in the process of planting the rice seed of the variety, illegally organized a large number of planting by using the relevant breeding technology obtained from the right holder company, and handed over the output of the rice seed to another company to apply its own brand packaging and sell it to the outside world, selling a total of 2019,13 jin of infringing rice seeds and making an illegal profit of more than 68.460 million yuan.
This case is a typical case of public security organs strengthening the criminal protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry. The clues of the case were obtained by the public security organs during the large-scale research and visit activities of "benefiting the people and benefiting enterprises", and because they involved the protection of new plant varieties, they were highly policy-oriented and legal, and attracted widespread attention in the industry. The public security organs attached great importance to it, quickly set up a special case team, visited the right holder enterprises many times, learned about the R&D and listing process of rice varieties involved in the case, the content and carrier of core trade secrets, the method of seed production and confidentiality measures, organized and carried out the appraisal of rice seed cultivation technology information, and did a solid job in investigating and collecting evidence. On this basis, the special case team carried out a centralized network collection operation to solve the case in one fell swoop, providing useful reference for the investigation and handling of such cases nationwide.
4. The Nanyang public security organ in Henan Province detected the case of Duan and others manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy fertilizers
In June 2022, according to the clues found in the work, the Nanyang Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a case of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy fertilizer, arrested 6 criminal suspects, and seized more than 10 tons of fake and shoddy compound fertilizer at the scene. After investigation, since December 40, criminal suspect Duan Moumou and others have collaborated with five fertilizer production enterprises to use other raw materials instead of potassium, producing and selling more than 2021,12 tons of fake and shoddy compound fertilizer with ingredients that seriously do not meet national standards, with a case value of more than 5 million yuan.
This case is a typical case in which the public security organs severely crack down on the crime of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy fertilizers. Since last year, the prices of potash fertilizer raw materials and finished products have generally risen, and there have been many cases of the production and sale of fake and inferior fertilizers, and even a few regular manufacturers with production qualifications have participated in crimes, producing and selling fake and inferior chemical fertilizers by reducing the content of active ingredients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, seriously harming farmers. The public security organs have strengthened the study and judgment of such criminal leads and the investigation of cases. In this case, the main criminal suspects Duan Moumou and Wang Moumou successively served as the legal representatives of a company, responsible for the production and operation of the company's nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizers for a long time, in order to reduce costs and make greater profits, colluded with the responsible persons and salesmen of a number of fertilizer manufacturers, used other raw materials instead of potassium, and wantonly produced compound fertilizers that did not meet national standards for external sales, seriously disrupting the operation order of the fertilizer market and seriously infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of farmers. For such crimes, the public security organs will always adhere to "zero tolerance" and continuously intensify the crackdown.
5. The public security organ of Yichang, Hubei Province detected the case of Zhu Moumou and others manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy fertilizers
In September 2022, according to the clues reported by the masses, the Yichang Zhijiang Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a case of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy fertilizers, arrested 9 criminal suspects, and seized 9 tons of fake and shoddy fertilizers at the scene. After investigation, in June 53, Zhu Moumou, the legal representative of a phosphating company, purchased organic fertilizer raw materials and customized packaging bags, organized the production of organic fertilizer in its factory, and sold it to criminal suspect Xu Moumou without quality inspection and testing and without obtaining a certificate of conformity. Xu set up a sales team, arranged special personnel to publicize in rural and remote areas, and used the method of package delivery to induce peasant groups who need to buy fertilizer to participate in the planting technology training and new product promotion meetings held by him, arranged special personnel to pretend to be senior agricultural experts, deceived the public's trust, fabricated and exaggerated the efficacy of products, and fooled the masses into buying cheap and inferior fertilizers at high prices, causing major losses to farmers.
This case is a typical case of the public security organs severely cracking down on the sale of fake and shoddy fertilizers by "fooling groups". Criminal gangs package fake and inferior chemical fertilizers or cheap phosphate and organic fertilizers into compound fertilizers, and induce farmers to buy through free pick-up, expert brainwashing, eating and drinking, buying and giving promotions, etc., seriously endangering farmers. In this case, the fertilizers involved in the case were all unqualified products after testing, and Xu's purchase price was only 600 yuan / ton, and after "flickering" publicity, the sales price was as high as 3000,<> yuan / ton. In the process of cracking down on such agricultural material crimes, the public security organs insist on taking the recovery of stolen goods and losses as an important criterion for testing the effectiveness of cases, and throughout the entire process of investigation and handling, making every effort to recover the economic losses of deceived farmers. After the case was solved, the local public security organ promptly organized a conference to recover the stolen money, and refunded some of the victims' goods on the spot, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the affected farmers.
6. The public security organ of Dali, Yunnan Province, detected the case of Zhou Moumou and others selling fake and shoddy fertilizers online
In September 2022, according to the clues found in the work, the Dali Prefecture Public Security Bureau detected a case of online sales of fake and shoddy fertilizers, arrested 9 criminal suspects, and seized more than 4 tons of fake and shoddy fertilizer products and raw materials at the scene. After investigation, since May 300, the criminal suspect Zhou Moumou and other workers have replaced the purchased magnesium sulfate with a number of best-selling brand potash fertilizers through "flipping", or used magnesium sulfate to adulterate or fake brand potash fertilizers after adulteration to sell them in multiple online stores registered on their e-commerce platforms, with a case value of more than 2020 million yuan. After testing, the fertilizer involved in the case was an unqualified product.
This case is a typical case of the public security organs severely cracking down on the online sale of fake and shoddy agricultural materials. In recent years, the illegal crime of online sales of fake and shoddy agricultural materials has shown a clear upward trend, and criminals have opened online stores in violation of regulations, and publicly advertised and sold fake and shoddy agricultural materials products through online social platforms, bringing huge losses to consumers. In this case, the suspect registered online stores on multiple e-commerce platforms and wantonly sold inferior fertilizers with active ingredients only 1/20 of the identified ingredient, which caused serious harm. At the same time, the public security organs will continue to strengthen online inspections, deal a heavy blow to the crime of online production and sale of fake and inferior agricultural materials, and at the same time actively cooperate with the administrative departments to strengthen the management of online sales of agricultural materials, consolidate the main responsibility of e-commerce platforms and merchants, strictly investigate and deal with illegal and criminal acts of online sales of fake and inferior agricultural materials, and effectively maintain the order of the online agricultural materials market.
7. The Wuqing public security organ in Tianjin detected the case of Sun and others manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy pesticides
In August 2022, according to the clues reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Wuqing Public Security Sub-Bureau detected a case of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy pesticides, arrested 8 criminal suspects, and seized 5 tons of fake and shoddy pesticides and 4 kg of paraquat stock solution at the scene. According to investigations, since 44, criminal suspect Sun has purchased paraquat raw liquid, industrial salt and other raw materials with others, illegally produced unlabeled barreled herbicide pesticides containing paraquat ingredients, and purchased unlabeled barreled herbicide pesticides, which were sold to the outside world through its online store, with a case value of more than 2022 million yuan.
This case is a typical case of the public security organs severely cracking down on the illegal addition of hidden ingredients to produce and sell fake and shoddy pesticides. In order to pursue medicinal efficacy and reduce costs, criminals illegally add other ingredients not specified in the label in the process of producing and processing pesticides, including highly toxic and highly toxic pesticides that are prohibited and restricted, which not only destroys the soil structure and ecological environment, but also endangers the quality safety of agricultural products and human health. In this case, none of the herbicides produced by the criminals met the national standards and paraquat was detected, which is a substandard pesticide and poses a serious safety hazard. On the basis of maintaining the intensity of the crackdown, the public security organs will actively cooperate with the competent administrative departments to increase the source control and long-term treatment of fake and shoddy pesticide crimes, and effectively ensure the safety of food production and the health and safety of the people.
The public security organs remind the vast number of farmers to effectively raise their awareness of prevention, purchase agricultural input products through formal channels and retain receipts under the guidance of relevant local departments and technical experts, and strictly prevent being "fooled" and deceived by lawbreakers; If you find a criminal clue, please report it to the relevant departments or public security organs in a timely manner.