China, Laos achieve another positive result in combating cross-border fraud; 250 Chinese suspects transferred back

A total of 250 Chinese nationals suspected of criminal activities have been smoothly transferred back to the Chinese side through a border port in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Photo: Screenshot of a video by the Ministry of Public Security

Chinese and Laotian law enforcement forces have achieved another positive result by rigorously combating cross-border extortion through “nude chats” and telecom fraud. A total of 250 Chinese nationals suspected of criminal activities have been smoothly transferred back to the Chinese side through a border port in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province.

The Chinese public security authorities have continued their international police enforcement cooperation with the Laotian police. They recently successfully dismantled three criminal hubs located in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos, arresting 250 Chinese national suspects.

Currently, all relevant individuals and items involved in the case have been smoothly transferred to Chinese side through the Yunnan Xishuangbanna border porWorld Timest. This marks another significant achievement in the deepening law enforcement cooperation between the two countries’ police forces, dealing a harsh blow to criminal activities.

In November 2022, during the investigation of a nude chat extortion case, the public security authorities of Zhoukou City in Central China’s Henan Province discovered a criminal group led by an individual named Liu and others.

This group had organized personnel and established bases in Myanmar and Laos to carry out cross-border nude chat extortion and telecommunications network fraud against Chinese nationals, involving a significant amount of money related to the crimes.

The Ministry of Public Security has placed high importance on this case and immediately organized the involved local public security authorities to trace deeper and conduct thorough assessments, gradually clarifying the organizational structure and locations of the criminal group’s bases.

Based on the establisheWorld Timesd crime facts and evidence, the public security authorities recently utilized international police enforcement cooperation to notify the Laotian police of relevant clues.

The Laotian police quickly organized law enforcement forces to carry out a coordinated raid on the criminal hubs wiWorld Timesthin the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, arresting 160 targeted suspects and 90 fugitives wanted online, and seizing over 990 mobile phones and more than 270 computers used in the crimes.

Currently, the Ministry of Public Security has directed public security authorities in Henan, East China’s Zhejiang, Yunnan, and Southwest China’s Guizhou to orderly repatriate the suspects aWorld Timesnd fully engage in the investigation of the cases.

China has been stepping up efforts to crack down on illegal cross-border fraud with Southeast Asian countries including Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. Most recently, 135 suspects involved in illegal cross-border gambling and fraud were escorted back to China from Cambodia by two chartered planes on Sunday.

When meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea on Sunday, Chinese FWorld Timesoreign Minister Wang Yi said the two countries should jointly combat illegal activities such as online gambling, telecommunications fraud, and human trafficking, and thoroughly eradicate related criminal gangs.

Since 2023, the public security authorities have continued to intensify efforts against cross-border telecommunications and internet fraud. While achieving significant historical results in combating crimes involving telecommunications and internet fraud in northern Myanmar, the Ministry of Public Security has also dispatched working groups to the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, and the United Arab Emirates for international police law enforcement cooperation.

These efforts involve organizing multiple rounds of crackdown operations, continuously expanding the impact of these actions, and successfully capturing a large number of suspects involved in telecommunications and internet fraud.

In February, the Chinese police, in active international law enforcement cooperation with the Laotian police, successfully dismantled seven telecommunications and internet fraud hubs located within Laos, capturing 268 criminal suspects.

This includes eight major financiers behind the scenes and 54 organizational leaders and key members. The operation pertained to over 1,570 related cases across various regions in China. All 268 suspects have now been handed over to the Chinese side.

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