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WORLDWIDE ARRESTS OF CYBERCRIMINALS HAVE PASSED 70,000 – COMPARED TO 21,000 IN 2018
China alone is responsible for more than 60,000 cyber/scammer arrests in 2019 [Source: China’s Ministry of State Security & China News Service – as related by SCARS|CHINA]
Internet Crime Crackdown Leads To 60,000 Arrests
Officially Announced On November 15, 2019 By The Official PRC News Agency
Internet crime crackdown leads to 60,000 arrests in China in 2019
Chinese public security authorities cracked more than 45,000 cybercrime cases and arrested over 60,000 suspects in the first 10 months of this year (2019) during an ongoing campaign to clean up the internet, the Ministry of Public Security said at a news conference on Thursday.
Almost 30,000 cases related to the illegal infringement of people’s personal information, hacking, and fraud were cracked, with over 37,000 suspects arrested for involvement in such cases, said Wang Yingwei, Party chief of the Ministry’s Cybersecurity bureau.
The special one-year campaign, launched by the Ministry in January, aims to crack down on cybercrimes, including the stealing and trading of personal information, hacking and other online crimes.
“In recent years, police have been encountering new types of cybercrime, especially with the emergence of crimes related to the dark web,” Wang said. “Although the concealment offered by the dark web poses a challenge to the police, we will intensify the crackdown on such crimes.”
Sixteen cases related to dark web crimes were filed nationwide this year, with 25 suspects arrested. Police said two had been sentenced to jail and 23 are in criminal detention. While some of these crimes are capital crimes, no mention was made of any executions.
During the campaign, police also intensified the crackdown on online scams and punished a number of companies that provided technological support and data services to online peer-to-peer scamming platforms.
In a typical case, a man surnamed Song told police in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang province, on May 25 that after he borrowed 1,500 yuan ($210) from a mobile loan app the platform recommended 55 other loan apps and enticed him to repay the loan with a new loan this is a type of scam typical to China. Five months later, Song owed 350,000 yuan (US$50,000). After the platform found out that he could not repay his debts it made harassing phone calls, sent threatening letters and harassed his family and friends for repayment.
Qitaihe police established a special team to crack down on the scam. It busted nine gangs, arrested 80 suspects and froze over 700 million yuan in illegal assets. Based on evidence discovered during the operation in Qitaihe, the ministry’s cybersecurity bureau launched a nationwide crackdown. Since September, police involved in the wider operation have busted 147 gangs and arrested 1,531 suspects.
China is home to more internet users than any other country. A recent report by the China Internet Network Information Center (of which SCARS|CHINA is an affiliated partner) said it has 829 million internet users, that is almost 60 percent of the country’s population.
In Guangzhou, police detained 44 suspects after cracking down on the country’s largest case involving the production and sale of malicious WeChat plug-in software, used by online fraudsters to create vast numbers of fake WeChat accounts used for everything from romance scams to phishing to sextortion. Police also seized more than 650,000 WeChat accounts related to such crimes.
“Remarkable outcomes have been achieved through the campaign, but we will continue to crack down on cybercrimes and improve our internet security management capability to ensure a safe and healthy internet environment,” Wang said.
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- SCARS™ Scam News: Anti-Scam Story Of The Year! Arrests Exceed 70,000 Worldwide in 2019
- WORLDWIDE ARRESTS OF CYBERCRIMINALS HAVE PASSED 70,000 – COMPARED TO 21,000 IN 2018
- Internet Crime Crackdown Leads To 60,000 Arrests
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