The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing on January 9 that in 2023, the public security organs across the country will conscientiously implement the spirit of the important instructions of the general secretary on cracking down on telecommunication network fraud, implement the deployment requirements of the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Communist Party of China "Opinions on Strengthening the Work of Cracking Down on Illegal and Criminal Telecommunication Network Fraud", and continue to launch a fierce offensive against telecommunication network fraud in accordance with the overall work idea of "four specializations and two joint efforts". A total of 43 cases of telecommunications network fraud have been cracked70,000 cases, a large number of criminal suspects were arrested, the number of telecommunications network fraud cases has continued to decline since August 2023, and the National Anti-Fraud Center has urgently intercepted 328.8 billion yuan of funds involved in the case, and remarkable results have been achieved in cracking down on and preventing crimes.
First, we have always maintained a high-pressure and hard-hitting posture. The whole chain cracked down on telecommunications network fraud and related crimes, carried out the three major campaigns of "cutting the chain", "clearing the source" and "sharp sword", arrested a large number of illegal and criminal personnel, and cracked a large number of fraud cases; In conjunction with the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and other relevant departments, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and other relevant departments jointly deployed and carried out the "nail pulling" operation, and successfully arrested 263 major leaders and backbones of telecommunications network fraud criminal groups; organized and carried out the "Hubei, Hunan, Shandong, and Henan" regional battles, and smashed more than 1,800 fraud dens to maximize the effectiveness of large-scale crackdowns; In response to the chain of fraud-related black and gray industries, 277 cluster campaigns were organized and launched to crack down on fraud-related fixed-line voice lines, simple networking GOIP, and money laundering, and remarkable results were achieved.
Second, it is necessary to make good use of the provisions of the law. While severely cracking down in accordance with the law, deploy public security organs across the country to make overall plans for the implementation of the "People's Republic of China Law on Countering Telecommunications Network Fraud", and work with the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate to further improve the standards for the application of the law on the "two cards" crime, handle cases strictly in accordance with the law, continue to increase the intensity of the crackdown, and comprehensively improve the quality and effectiveness of the crackdown, forming a strong deterrent.
The third is to further promote source management and prevention. Relying on the mechanism of the first inter-ministerial joint meeting, we will actively work with relevant member units to strengthen scientific and technological support, strengthen early warning and prevention, adhere to the system concept, further promote the source governance of industry supervision, and strive to build a more rigorous prevention and governance system. As of the end of December 2023, the National Anti-Fraud Center has issued a total of 9.4 million early warning instructions for funds to various localities, and the public security organs have met and dissuaded 13.89 million people, and worked with relevant departments to intercept fraud**27500 million times, 22 text messages800 million pieces, and dispose of fraudulent domain names**83640,000, and 328.8 billion yuan of funds involved in the case were urgently intercepted. The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has further promoted the governance of the "capital chain", continuously improved the normalized governance pattern of the payment industry, and organized commercial banks, payment institutions, and clearing institutions to assist the public security organs in blocking the transfer of a large number of fraudulent funds, and recovering a large number of people's losses. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) continues to promote the "Card Breaking Action 2".0", carry out "security governance of bad apps", strictly implement the real-name system, make every effort to rectify virtual business cards, increase the cleanup and rectification of key businesses such as SMS ports, voice lines, and cloud services, and continuously improve the ability to counteract in a timely manner throughout the process. **The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has concentrated on rectifying key areas involving fraud, such as internet access, domain name registration, server hosting, app production and development, online live broadcasting, and drainage and promotion, and has interviewed enterprises with prominent problems, and continuously purified the online ecological environment.
Fourth, strengthen publicity and enhance anti-fraud awareness. Strengthen targeted publicity for vulnerable groups, industries with a high incidence of cases, and key areas, jointly organize and carry out the "National Anti-Fraud in Action" concentrated publicity month activities, organize more than 20,000 anti-fraud propaganda activities of various types of "into communities, rural areas, families, schools, and enterprises", and send anti-fraud propaganda text messages 30700 million, the official government account of the National Anti-Fraud Center issued more than 9,800 short messages, with a volume of more than 5.2 billion times, forming a strong atmosphere of anti-fraud in the whole society.
Press conference of the Ministry of Public Security