With the heavy blow to telecom fraud in China, most domestic telecom fraud gangs have now moved abroad. In the past five years, northern Myanmar has gradually become the preferred place for these fraud gangs. Being abroad, it is difficult for the judiciary to effectively crack down on it. In order to curb the high incidence of telecom fraud, some regions of the country have taken various strong measures to persuade telecom fraudsters to return to China and surrender themselves. (Excerpted from Southern Weekend, Southern Metropolis Daily and Chengdu Business Daily)
Northern Myanmar became a paradise for telecom fraudsters
Telecom fraud first appeared in Taiwan Province in the 199s. At that time, the main means of telecom fraudsters were to distribute leaflets and use the "tortoise card" telephone (calling card applied under false pretenses) to claim that the victims had won big prizes such as scratching and betting on horses, but they had to send a certain amount of tax before receiving the prize. After the victim remitted the first sum of money, the fraud group asked the victim to remit money again and again in the name of attorney's fees, handling fees, notary fees, etc. until the victim woke up or the money was drained.
Later, under the attack of Taiwan Province authorities, Taiwan Province fraud groups began to "move out of the industry". Around 22, Taiwan Province mobile telephone service established a signal station in Fujian. Because Taiwan Province's mobile phone signals can be received in the southeast coastal areas of the mainland, and the two sides of the strait have not established a mechanism to crack down on crimes, Taiwan Province telecom fraud criminal gangs have found a "new route". They took advantage of the absence of mutual legal assistance provisions between the two sides of the strait to transfer the fraud base to Fuzhou, Fujian, and Fuzhou became the first distribution center of Taiwan Province fraud groups. But at that time, Taiwan Province people went to the mainland to open dens mainly to cheat Taiwan Province people. Because the accent flaw of Taiwan Province people can easily arouse people's vigilance, Taiwan Province fraud group recruited more mainland people when it turned to Chinese mainland to cheat, which also laid the groundwork for the subsequent rise of mainland telecom fraud forces.
In April p>29, the Agreement on Combating Crime and Mutual Legal Assistance between the Two Sides of the Taiwan Straits was signed, which only slightly curbed the rampant fraud groups in Taiwan Province. At the same time, China has also begun to increase the crackdown on telecom fraud in various places. As a result, fraud groups in Taiwan Province and mainland China fled collectively and began to establish new fraud bases in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In the past five years, northern Myanmar has gradually become the first choice for these fraud gangs. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 1, people engaged in telecom fraud in this area.
According to public information, northern Myanmar mainly refers to the four autonomous regions on the border between China and Myanmar, which are controlled by four military armed forces independent of the central government of Myanmar, and are in a state of "warlordism". These places are deeply influenced by China culture, and are very similar to Yunnan in living habits and language. The official language includes Chinese, which can circulate RMB, and can also use the signals of the three major operators of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. For the needs of economic development, the local military government even set up a special economic development zone to provide special business licenses for these criminals engaged in telecom fraud to support the development of telecom fraud. It is for these reasons that North Myanmar has become a paradise for fraudsters.
Wang Bo (a pseudonym), head of the Public Security Bureau of a city in Hunan Province to crack down on telecom fraud, said that the domestic telecom fraud crime situation suddenly became severe from 219, and by 221, telecom fraud has become one of the national crime types. "After the country conducted research and judgment, it was found that the people suspected of fraud were basically in the northern part of Myanmar and began to attach great importance to this work." Wang Bo said.
according to the relevant data and information released by the Ministry of public security, in 217, 131, cases of telecommunication network fraud were cracked nationwide, and 57, criminals were investigated, resulting in economic losses of 13.15 billion yuan. By 22, the above data will increase by .95 times, 4.6 times and 1.69 times respectively compared with 217. According to the Ministry of Public Security, new types of crimes, such as telecommunication network fraud, continue to be high, and have become the most prominent crimes with the fastest rise and the strongest response from the masses.
on April 8, 221, a national video conference was held to crack down on new illegal crimes in telecommunication networks. At the meeting, important instructions from the central government were conveyed, demanding that the main responsibility of local management be strictly implemented, and some places where telecommunication network fraud criminals are concentrated and black ash industries are rampant should be rectified. The State Council Joint Office should continue to implement the system of red and yellow card warning and listing rectification, and resolutely put it on the market for rectification in areas with serious problems and poor rectification.
the full name of the State Council joint office is "the State Council Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference Office for Combating and Governing New Crimes in Telecommunication Networks". Since its establishment in 215, "key areas" have been listed for rectification. The so-called "key areas" refer to the places where telecommunication network fraud criminals flow out. In 217, the the State Council Joint Office announced 18 key areas for listing and rectification, including Binyang County, Guangxi, where "fake QQ friend fraud" is the main deception, yugan county, Jiangxi Province, where "paying a lot of money for a child" and "beautiful girl escort" is the main deception), xinluo district, Longyan City, Fujian Province, where "online shopping fraud" is the main deception, and Guangdong Province where "impersonating a leader or acquaintance" is the main deception.
Anxi county, Fujian province, was listed as "going abroad to defraud dens" at that time. After that, the county took cracking down on telecom fraud as the main content of the special struggle to eliminate evil, and took severe measures against those involved in fraud, such as demolishing houses built with illicit money, listing them in the list of untrustworthy people, and canceling the preferential degree for their children to attend school. In this nationwide "Great Persuade to Return" campaign against the blackmailers in North Myanmar, some places have taken severe measures with reference to Anxi's previous practice. As early as 218, Anxi County carried out "persuasion" work for overseas fraudsters. According to relevant reports, in 218, when Anxi County held the "Hundred Days Battle against Telecom Fraud" meeting, it was mentioned that the county had set up a 7-member "going abroad to crack down on commandos" and set up a "going abroad to crack down on headquarters" in Yunnan, specializing in cracking down, persuading, dispersing, controlling and publicizing.
going abroad to "get money"? Life is worse than imprisonment
After April p>221, telecom fraud practitioners in northern Myanmar queued up to return to China at various checkpoints in the border areas between China and Myanmar. In the "persuasion" announcements in various places, these people are called "people in northern Myanmar dens" or "people stranded in northern Myanmar". According to the original policy requirements, if these people return to China before June 3, they will be treated leniently. However, according to Wang Bo, at present, this time has been extended to around October, because the number of people exceeded expectations, and because of epidemic prevention and control.
A grass-roots cadre engaged in persuasion in a certain place in Hubei Province revealed that in order to get back early, many swindlers had to find "scalpers" to cut in line, and "whoever paid more money would come back first", because there were so many people that they had to queue up later, and those without money had to wait. According to him, these people live in northern Myanmar "life is worse than death" and are eager to return to China.
A Xian (pseudonym), a 32-year-old from Xiaogan, Hubei Province, recalls the experience of being trapped in a fraud den in northern Myanmar in 22, and still thinks it is a nightmare. During the epidemic in 22, A Xian met Xiao Jun, a netizen, while playing games. The other party introduced him to a "job" with a monthly salary of more than 1, yuan, and gave him a toll of more than 1, yuan, so that he could contact the specific exit matters after he arrived in Yunnan. The desire for a well-paid job overcame his inner anxiety. At the end of September 22, Axian finally made up his mind to go abroad to "make money". After smuggling to the fraud dens in northern Myanmar, Ah Xian was put into the company. "High walls, power grids, and gunmen stand guard. That place gives me the feeling of prison." After that, Xian could not contact Xiaojun and his freedom was restricted. In the evening, a staff member came to ask them if they had heard of "killing pig plates" and "brushing bills". Because he didn't want to do telecom fraud, A Xian was kept alone in a dark room. In the dark room, he spent an unforgettable week-only three steamed buns and two bottles of tap water every day, and he was beaten if he refused to join the company. In desperation, Ah Xian had to agree to join, and after studying with the class for more than ten days, he officially took up his post. "We have a script book, which guides customers to praise the short video platform according to the script, and there will be 5 yuan's commission for praise. Customers have tasted the sweetness, so we induced them to download the company's App on the grounds of' grabbing more orders and making more money', saying that priority can only be given to grabbing orders after recharging. As customers charge more money, the company will freeze the account and transfer the money. " A Xian recalled that he lured customers into the scam step by step according to his words, and made several lists in one month. The biggest one was to cheat a girl in her twenties in Zengcheng, Guangzhou for more than 1, yuan.
"At the end of November, 22, the local epidemic was so serious that the company closed down and asked me to ask my family for money to be redeemed." A Xian recalled that on New Year's Day in 221, the company thought that he could not squeeze out "oil and water", so he sent someone to drive him to a square near the border port and let him find a way to return to China. On May 4th, A Xian returned to China from Menglian Port, and after 14 days of isolation, he surrendered to the task force of the Ministry of Public Security on May 18th, confessing the fact of defrauding many people in other countries. At present, A Xian has been arrested according to law on suspicion of fraud.
transnational crackdown has achieved remarkable results
in recent years, with the unified deployment of the Ministry of public security, public security organs in various provinces and cities and overseas (especially Southeast Asian countries and regions) have carried out several joint crackdown operations, with remarkable results. In terms of cross-border cooperation, China has signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation in Combating Telecommunication Fraud with Viet Nam, the Memorandum of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China on the Transfer of Criminal Suspects with Thailand, and the Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Philippines and the Republic of China on Combating Telecommunication Fraud with the Philippines.
On June 17th this year, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference in Beijing to inform the public security organs across the country of the effectiveness of measures to crack down on telecommunication network fraud. According to the relevant person in charge, since 22, local public security organs have overcome the impact of the epidemic and repatriated 2,62 fraud suspects from relevant countries in Southeast Asia, which has effectively shocked overseas fraud gangs. In addition, the public security organs insisted on returning from China, and successively arrested 18, fraud suspects who had returned from relevant countries in Southeast Asia. Under the powerful offensive, 16, suspects of overseas fraud dens took the initiative to stop committing crimes and surrendered themselves to China.
In fact, as early as 216, the opinions issued by the "two high schools and one department" clearly stipulated the amount and quantity standards for identifying telecommunication network fraud crimes. However, due to many objective factors, public security organs face difficulties in obtaining evidence and enforcing the law when handling telecommunication network fraud cases through police cooperation or judicial cooperation abroad, and it is difficult to identify the amount and quantity of fraud. On June 22nd this year, Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases such as Telecommunication Network Fraud (II) was officially released. It is noteworthy that this opinion severely punishes cross-border telecommunication network fraud crimes as the "top priority", and further solves the problems of difficulty in obtaining evidence and conviction of cross-border telecommunication network fraud crimes.
Li Ruiyi, vice president of the Third Criminal Court of the Supreme People's Court, introduced that in view of the new characteristics of cross-border telecommunication network fraud crimes, Opinion 2 specifically stipulated that if there is evidence to prove that the perpetrator participated in overseas fraud criminal groups or criminal gangs and committed telecommunication network fraud crimes against domestic residents abroad, although it is difficult to verify the fraud amount, if he left the country for fraud dens for more than 3 days or went abroad for fraud dens several times within one year, it should be considered as "other serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law. In addition, Opinion 2 also emphasizes that the funds in the account involved in the case seized by the public security organ should be returned to the victim first, and if it is not enough to be returned in full, it should be returned in proportion.