Recovering nearly 10 billion yuan in stolen funds, Shanghai police have recovered nearly a thousand overseas fugitives, using a ten-year strategy of "fox hunting" | absorption | by the police
On July 1st of this year, a plane flying from Africa to Shanghai slowly landed at Pudong International Airport. Dai, a Red Cross employee who had been fleeing overseas for 9 years and was suspected of illegally absorbing public deposits, was escorted back to China.
This year marks the tenth year of the "Fox Hunting" campaign. Up to now, Shanghai's public security organs have recovered nearly 1000 overseas economic suspect from many countries and regions, of which the longest time of escape is 27 years, and the accumulated amount of stolen money recovered is nearly 10 billion yuan.
Strengthen case studies and accurately pursue fugitives
In recent years, facing severe challenges such as differences in judicial systems among countries and the impact of the global pandemic, China has continuously deepened international cooperation and established a centralized, unified, efficient and smooth coordination mechanism for the pursuit of fugitives and stolen goods. The Shanghai Police reported to Interpol that it would issue a red notice to the fugitive overseas economic suspect, and made a breakthrough in law enforcement cooperation with many countries by comprehensively using extradition, repatriation, persuasion and other means of pursuit. In March 2017, Shanghai successfully extradited economic suspect from the United Arab Emirates for the first time; In September 2020, we overcame the multiple difficulties of the COVID-19, cooperated with the local law enforcement authorities in Cambodia, and successfully solved the transnational manufacturing and selling cases of counterfeit cigarettes with the largest number of finished products and the highest amount of money involved in Shanghai so far.
It is reported that some fugitives attempt to evade pursuit by changing their names, forging death certificates, and even impersonating earthquake and tsunami victims in order to hide their names and deceive them. In response to this, the Shanghai police have implemented "one case, one special team" and "one case, one strategy", accurately formulating strategies, strengthening case studies, and improving the effectiveness of pursuit and escape work.
From September 2013 to January 2016, the suspect Dai promised to return the principal when due and pay high interest rates ranging from 12% to 36% of the annual rate of return as bait through online posting, offline distribution of leaflets and other means, publicized and recommended financial products to the public, illegally raised more than 160 million yuan, and absconded overseas with money. The raised funds are mainly used for borrowing new and repaying old, company operations, debt repayment, personal consumption, etc.
In May 2016, after the Huangpu Branch filed an investigation, they continued to contact Dai's family to provide policy education, persuade him to return, and refund compensation. In April 2019, the police traced Dai's final destination in a country in Africa and requested the International Criminal Police Organization to issue a red notice to him.
In June of this year, under the guidance and coordination of the Ministry of Public Security and strong support from multiple departments, the Shanghai police, after multiple consultations and coordination with the Federal Police General Administration, Judicial Bureau, Immigration Bureau and other departments, formulated a work plan and clarified the repatriation process.
After the local law enforcement department identified Dai's specific location, he was arrested and brought to justice. Although living thousands of miles away, Dai has always lived in anxiety and panic. He once thought of absconding to other countries through illegal immigration, and even attempted to hide his name under the guise of an investment immigrant, evading pursuit, but ultimately ended in failure.
On July 1st this year, Dai was escorted back to Shanghai. At present, Dai has been arrested in accordance with the law on suspicion of illegally absorbing public deposits. With the full efforts of the police, more than 2 million yuan of funds involved in the case have been recovered, and the case is currently under further investigation.
It is reported that among the nearly a thousand overseas fugitives who have been recovered, many have traveled to multiple countries in an attempt to evade pursuit and have used illegal means to change identities to evade investigation. Relying on cooperation mechanisms such as information sharing and joint investigations, the Shanghai police have piloted the construction of an overseas pursuit and escape information system for the first time nationwide, exposing the disguised disguise of overseas fugitives.
Take comprehensive measures and make every effort to recover and recover losses
In recent years, some suspect in economic crimes such as illegal fund-raising and contract fraud abscond with money, causing huge property losses to the people.
In March 2019, the Fengxian Public Security Bureau filed an investigation into a contract fraud case based on public reports. From 2017 to 2018, the suspect, Mr. Xu, together with others, set up a number of information technology companies in Shanghai, recruited employees to pretend to be consultants and professional lecturers of well-known Internet enterprises, lied to outsiders that purchasing company's small programs could obtain government subsidies, monopolize industry resources, enjoy high incomes such as settling fees in the same industry, and induced investors to sign contracts and defraud investors of investment funds totaling more than 14 million yuan. The main member of the gang, Xu, fled overseas with money.
After learning about Xu's financial difficulties and lack of legal identity during his escape from a foreign land, the police patiently persuaded him to surrender; At the same time, maintain contact with Xu's relatives, conduct multiple on-site visits to seek their support, and promptly convey their concerns to Xu. In the first half of this year, Xu, who had been on the run for four years, took the initiative to contact the police and expressed his willingness to return to China and surrender. On June 13, under the cooperative efforts of various departments, the suspect Xu returned home by plane to surrender. As of now, more than 600 victims have been recovered and more than 14 million yuan has been lost.
In recent years, the Shanghai public security organ has requested the country where the stolen money and goods are located to seal up, detain, freeze and return the assets involved in the case by means of comprehensive use of persuasion to return, confiscation of illegal income, overseas civil litigation and other means, so as to recover the stolen money at home and abroad to the maximum extent. This year alone, dozens of suspect who fled overseas for illegal fund-raising and contract fraud have been recovered from Asia, Europe, Africa and other places, saving more than 160 million yuan of economic losses for the people.
