Chasing 1.932 billion yuan in stolen goods, we insist on pursuing every fugitive and pursuing them to the end! In the first half of the year, a total of 582 fugitives were recovered nationwide, and their income was obtained
Recently, the reporter learned from the Central Office for the Pursuit of fugitives that from January to June this year, a total of 582 fugitives were recovered nationwide, including 25 "Red Cross individuals" and 1 "100 Red Cross individuals", with a total amount of approximately 1.932 billion yuan recovered.
Since the launch of the "Skynet 2023" campaign, the Central Office for Chasing and Escaping has focused on promoting the integrated construction of a mechanism for tracking, preventing, and recovering stolen goods. In terms of pursuit and escape, the focus is on the "100 Red Cross personnel" who have not been brought to justice and the newly added fugitives in recent years. Precise strategies are formulated to strengthen case studies and continuously expand the achievements.
On June 10th, Guo Jiefang, a member of the "100 Red Communication Personnel," returned to China to surrender, becoming the 62nd "100 Red Communication Personnel" to be brought to justice since the launch of the "Skynet Action" and the first "100 Red Communication Personnel" to be brought to justice since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is worth noting that the pursuit and recovery of Guo Jiefang not only enabled her to return to her home country and surrender, but also enabled her to recover the stolen funds involved in the case in accordance with the law.
The Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection emphasized the need to strengthen the crackdown and punishment on corruption and money laundering activities, and to fully recover overseas stolen funds. Various levels of fugitive and stolen goods recovery departments continue to increase their work efforts, focusing on solving difficulties such as asset search, freezing, confiscation, and return. In the case of Wang Dongsheng, a former director of the Yantai Highway Bureau and a member of the "Hongtong personnel" who returned to China to surrender on February 12 this year, the investigating authority lawfully froze and recovered his property involved in the case. On February 24th, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court applied the procedure of confiscating illegal gains and ruled to confiscate Feng Weihua, a member of the "Red Communication Personnel", who used illegal gains from corruption, bribery, and embezzlement of public funds to purchase land use rights, build above ground factories, and collect rent, with a total value of nearly 400 million yuan.
Since the beginning of this year, the investigating authorities have fully utilized international rules and domestic laws, deepened international judicial law enforcement cooperation against corruption, and adhered to and deepened the rule of law approach to pursuing fugitives and recovering stolen goods. Not long ago, Lin Zhifang, a person involved in the duty related crime, and Wu and Feng, the duty suspect, were repatriated to China; In March, Li Xi'an, former director of the Grain Bureau of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, who had fled for less than two months, was arrested and brought to justice, fully reflecting the increasingly mature legal and standardized means of pursuing fugitives.
Continue to weave and strengthen the anti-corruption and foreign-related "legal net". The fourth chapter "System of Foreign Relations" of the Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China, which was implemented on July 1st, clearly stipulates that "deepen and expand the mechanism of foreign law enforcement cooperation, improve the judicial assistance system and mechanism, promote international cooperation in law enforcement and judicial fields," and "strengthen international cooperation in combating transnational crimes and corruption", providing important legal basis for China to carry out international cooperation in anti-corruption and pursuit of fugitives and stolen goods.
"In the face of the firm determination of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to pursue fugitives and recover stolen goods, the expanding circle of friends in China's anti-corruption cooperation, and the steadily improving professional capabilities of various levels of fugitive and recovery departments, fugitive corrupt elements cannot escape the 'Skynet' no matter how far or long they escape. The relevant person in charge of the Central fugitive and recovery office stated that they will resolutely implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the deployment of the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, continue to deepen international cooperation against corruption, adhere to the principle of chasing fugitives to the end, always maintain a high-pressure situation of pursuing fugitives and recovering stolen goods, and never let any fugitive corrupt elements go unpunished.".
