Go abroad to engage in telecommunications fraud to make quick money? The result may be broken hands and feet or even depression and death

Beijing, October 26, China News Network Title: Go abroad to engage in telecommunications fraud to make quick money? The result may be broken hands and feet or even depression and death

China News Network reporter Guo Chaokai

Monthly income of more than 10,000, free charter flights, special transfers, easy work can also go abroad job opportunities in front of you, these "transnational high salary" "beauty difference" is not very heartwarming? However, when you really go abroad, you may face internment and slavery, imprisonment in a "water prison" and breaking your hands and feet...

In recent years, telecommunications network fraud has been high, and in order to evade the arrest of the domestic public security police, criminals have moved criminal dens to Southeast Asia and other overseas regions, and through false propaganda such as promising high salaries, they have tricked Chinese citizens into smuggling out of the country and engaging in illegal and criminal activities such as fraud. According to the disclosure of China's public security department on the 26th, these people who were recruited to enter the dens of electric fraud were both participants in fraud crimes and victims of being deceived out of the country and subjected to violent control, and even some people were beaten and electrocuted for a long time because of their performance, and died of mental depression shortly after returning to China.

Outbound fraudsters cannot escape violent control

In recent years, the incidence of telecommunications network fraud has continued to be high and frequent, and the means of criminals have been continuously renovated, and it has become a prominent crime with the highest incidence, the largest loss, and the strongest response from the masses. In recent years, the Ministry of Public Security has attached great importance to cracking down on the work of cracking down on telecommunications network fraud crimes, severely cracked down on telecommunications network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, and achieved phased results. However, a large number of fraudulent criminal gangs have been moving abroad to evade the crackdown, especially in Southeast Asia, which has become a major gathering place for such crimes.

In June 2021, the public security organs in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, found clues to the crime of suspected smuggling when conducting a review of overseas returnees, and after in-depth research and judgment, it was found that Zhou and others organized and recruited many people to smuggle abroad through the southwest border to engage in telecommunications fraud and other criminal activities, and the recruited personnel were mainly from Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan and other provinces.

After investigation, between 2019 and 2020, Zhou's organized criminal gang used online dating to use high salary returns and road tolls as bait to organize multiple batches of domestic personnel to smuggle to a certain place in Southeast Asia through the southwest border to engage in telecommunications network fraud. Fraudster gangs lure victims to invest on the grounds that they can obtain insider information on gambling network platforms, and when the victims find that they cannot withdraw cash, they trick them into continuing to invest on the grounds of operational errors, resulting in further losses.

The gang is well organized, has a clear division of labor, and has strict internal management, and those who disobey the arrangement, violate the gang's regulations and fail to complete their tasks are lightly beaten and corporal punishment, and at worst, violent acts such as breaking hands and feet and closing the "water prison" are forced to obey the command of the gang. Among them, 1 recruited Sichuan Luzhou national was beaten and electrocuted by electric batons for a long time due to substandard performance, and died of mental depression shortly after returning to China.

These people who are recruited to enter the dens of wire fraud are both participants in fraud crimes and victims of being tricked out of the country and subjected to violent control. In fact, the case detected by the public security organs in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, is not an isolated case, and there have been cases of people who have left the country to engage in telecommunications fraud and have been violently controlled.

At a press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security on October 26, Liu Donghai, deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Qinghai Provincial Public Security Department, said that the public security organs in Haixi Prefecture and Haidong City, starting from clues about returnees from abroad, respectively identified the "Yao's Group" headed by Wang Mou and the fraud criminal gang headed by Zhou Mou, who, on the pretext of high salaries, lured and organized Qinghai personnel to smuggle themselves to a den in Mengbo County, a certain place in Southeast Asia, and carried out telecommunications network fraud such as "pig killing plates." Gang members who complete tasks within the prescribed time limit can extract 5%-20% of their share according to different work performance, and if they do not complete the task, they will be beaten or fasted or locked up.

In this regard, Jiang Guoli, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, warned: "Please do not be tempted by the so-called transnational 'high-paying occupations' to join the fraud gang, what awaits you will be kidnapping, corporal punishment, beatings, and even death." ”

69,000 people involved in fraud have been persuaded to return abroad

Since last year, affected by the continued spread of the global epidemic and the rapid growth of the epidemic in some Southeast Asian countries, it has been difficult for public security organs to go abroad to carry out joint crackdowns, overseas telecommunications fraud dens have grown rapidly, and the criminal activities of telecommunications network fraud against Chinese citizens have become increasingly rampant.

In order to effectively solve these practical difficulties, the Ministry of Public Security promptly adjusted its crackdown strategy, organized a centralized review and key study and judgment of overseas returnees, discovered a number of illegal and criminal clues that organized the recruitment of personnel to carry out telecommunications fraud abroad, found out the criminal network and organizational structure of overseas telecommunications fraud dens recruiting personnel from China, and promptly deployed public security organs throughout the country to carry out special operations to "cut off the flow", and carried out landing verification and investigation and crackdown on target clues. By cutting off chains and channels, beating "snake heads" and digging up "gold lords", we will effectively cut off the criminal chain of recruiting personnel from within the territory of overseas telecommunications fraud dens, and make every effort to squeeze the living space of telecommunications network fraud criminal gangs.

Speaking of the effectiveness of the "cut off" special case operation, Zheng Xiang, a second-level inspector of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said that at present, the "cut off the flow" special case operation is progressing smoothly and the results have begun to show results, which has effectively promoted the work of local party committees and governments to rectify the source and effectively promoted the work of persuading high-risk persons stranded abroad to return.

Up to now, the national public security organs have smashed 9,419 illegal outbound gangs of "more than 3 people", cracked 4,160 criminal cases, and arrested 33,860 criminal suspects, of which 931 were recruited, 913 were black and gray workers who transported and received recipients, 32,016 were illegally exported, 1,021 cases of wire fraud were colluded and cracked, 100 overseas electricity fraud dens and 82 were financial owners.

Anti-fraud is still ongoing

The rampant criminal activities of smuggling people abroad to carry out telecommunications network fraud are undoubtedly a microcosm of the current high incidence of telecommunications network fraud cases. According to incomplete statistics, in recent years, the public security organs have cracked down on more than 50 types of fraud, including "pig killing plates", online loan fraud, game fraud, single fraud, recruitment fraud...

Fraud and counter-deception are like a war without smoke. With the "upgrading" of telecommunications network fraud, anti-fraud must also be "upgraded". In June 2015, the State Council approved the establishment of an inter-ministerial joint conference system composed of 23 departments and units, including the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Central People's Bank, to strengthen the organization, leadership, overall coordination of the national crackdown on governance.

Over the past few years, the public security organs have stepped up their efforts to crack down on telecommunications network fraud. From January to September this year, a total of 262,000 cases of telecommunications network fraud were cracked nationwide, and 373,000 criminal suspects were arrested, up 41.1% and 116.4% year-on-year, respectively; a total of 277 billion yuan of funds involved in the case were urgently stopped. From June to September, the number of cases decreased year-on-year for four consecutive months.

In recent years, criminals have used new telecommunications network technology, exploited industry management loopholes, used illegally obtained personal information and network black and gray production transactions to carry out fraud, organized and chain operations, cross-border and cross-regional crimes, and have become prominent crimes with the highest incidence, the fastest rise, the largest losses, and the strongest response from the masses, and it is urgent to further improve the system and resolutely crack down on governance. Special anti-fraud legislation is particularly necessary.

It is gratifying that on October 19, the 31st session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress deliberated on the Anti-Telecommunications Network Fraud Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft), which was released to the whole society and publicly solicited opinions. Jiang Guoli said that telecommunications network fraud has a high incidence and has become a social hazard. The special anti-fraud legislation is very timely and necessary, and is of landmark significance for combating the crime of telecommunications network fraud.

How to further crack down on telecom network fraud and make "the world free of fraud"? Jiang Guoli also gave his ideas: Judging from the actual situation, there are still loopholes and weak links in the governance of communications, finance, the Internet and other industries, and it is necessary to further improve the system and form a joint force to crack down on governance; a large number of telephone cards, bank cards, and network accounts are used for fraudulent activities, and it is urgent to standardize management; this time, through special legislation, strengthen the governance of illegal services, equipment, and industries related to fraud, standardize the management of the black and ash industry involved in telecommunications network fraud from the source, squeeze the criminal space, eradicate the criminal soil, and make it more powerful. Effectively combating telecommunications network fraud provides a solid legal guarantee. (End)

Source: China News Network