China News Service, February 25. According to news from the Ministry of Public Security website on the 25th, in order to implement the Yangtze River protection and serve to ensure the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, in 2023, the Ministry of Public Security will deploy public security agencies across the country to carry out outcroppings in the Yangtze River waters starting from March 1. The special campaign to crack down on illegal crimes and rectify the "Safe Yangtze River" will severely crack down on crimes related to fishing, sand, and water transportation and logistics in accordance with the law, and rectify the order of water transportation in the Yangtze River in accordance with the law.
In 2023, public security agencies across the country cracked more than 6,500 criminal cases involving the Yangtze River, arrested more than 11,000 suspects, eliminated 815 gangs, and rectified more than 5,100 key water areas, effectively safeguarding economic security and public safety in the Yangtze River waters. , ecological security.
In response to the outstanding problems of fishing-related crimes, the public security organs of various places along the Yangtze River and Changhang, together with the agricultural and rural departments, adhere to a problem-oriented and result-oriented approach and continue to increase the intensity of crackdowns and rectifications.
In order to focus on cracking down on gang-oriented and chain-related cases, the Ministry of Public Security has listed and supervised the handling of 28 key cases.
From August to September, the Ministry of Public Security organized a regional campaign to crack down on illegal fishing in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui, launching a fierce offensive against prominent regional illegal fishing issues. The number of fishing-related criminal cases in key areas dropped significantly.
At the same time, keeping a close eye on the illegal fishing and sales of key species, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs deployed Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang to carry out a two-month special law enforcement operation on the illegal fishing and sales of Yangtze swordfish, uncovering 81 fishing-related cases. Resolutely eradicate the underground chain of illegal fishing, acquisition, processing, and sales of precious and endangered aquatic wild animals such as Yangtze River swordfish.
In response to the crime of illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River, the public security organs have focused on the six links of "modification, mining, transportation, barging, sale, and use" and the six elements of "people, ships, sand, certificates, accounts, and cases" to continue to carry out strong crackdowns.
In 2023, a total of 232 criminal cases related to illegal sand mining in the Yangtze River were detected, and 110 illegal criminal gangs were eliminated, involving a total amount of 250 million yuan.
After continuous hard work by public security agencies in many places, a number of major organized crime cases involving many places were successfully detected, forming a strong deterrent to crimes related to Sarawak.
During the summer security crackdown and rectification operations, the public security organs combined the summer night security inspections and centralized and unified actions, set up 46 water inspection points in key waters, inspected more than 14,000 ships, and carried out key rectifications in more than 2,000 key waters to maximize Squeeze the space for illegal crimes.
The "Safe Yangtze River 2024" special campaign to crack down on outstanding crimes in the Yangtze River waters has begun. The public security organs will further deepen the joint collaboration with relevant departments, adhere to both prevention and control, comprehensive rectification, increase joint law enforcement in key waters, and effectively improve prevention and control Build comprehensive efficiency and strive to ensure high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt with high-level security services.