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China detains over 8,200 in year-long online organized crime crackdown

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China has initiated a year-long campaign against organized crime, focusing on offenses that have migrated online and adopted more covert methods. The Ministry of Public Security reported that over 8,200 individuals have been detained in this effort, which targets new forms of crime such as online predatory lending, soft-violence debt collection, and online harassment. This initiative builds upon previous crackdowns that began in 2018, with specific examples of arrests in Henan and Shandong provinces for crimes like online extortion and staged traffic accidents for insurance fraud. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Phoebe Zhang ·

    Over 8,200 detained as China launches year-long crackdown on organised crime

    Chinese police have dismantled more than 1,000 gangs and detained about 8,200 suspects, just 10 days after the country’s top security official announced a year-long campaign against organised crime. The Ministry of Public Security said on Monday that the crackdown focused on crim…

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