According to the Ministry of Public Security, recently, China and Laos have actively carried out international police law enforcement cooperation, successfully smashed 7 telecommunications network fraud dens entrenched in Laos, and arrested 268 criminal suspects, including 8 behind-the-scenes "gold owners", 54 organization leaders and backbones, involving more than 1,570 related cases in many places across the country. At present, all 268 criminal suspects have been handed over to us. This is another important achievement achieved by the working group of the Ministry of Public Security in Laos to carry out police law enforcement cooperation and crack down on cross-border telecommunications network fraud in accordance with the law.
Since 2023, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and other places have successively occurred a number of telecom network fraud cases with huge losses. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to this, immediately listed and supervised the handling of relevant cases, organized relevant local public security organs to conduct in-depth analysis and judgment, and found that a number of dens entrenched in Laos to carry out cross-border telecommunications network fraud crimes, and colluded with more than 1,000 telecommunications network fraud cases. In January this year, the Ministry of Public Security sent personnel to lead the people's police of public security organs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing and other places to form a working group to Laos to carry out police law enforcement cooperation. With the vigorous support and coordination of the Chinese Embassy in Laos, significant progress has been made in the investigation and handling of the case. On January 21, on the basis of grasping the relevant criminal facts and evidence, the working group carried out a joint law enforcement operation with Laos**, carried out a centralized crackdown on a number of fraud dens in Laos, and successfully arrested 154 suspects involved in fraud, and seized more than 2,000 mobile phones and more than 400 computers involved in the case. Subsequently, according to the clues provided by the working group, Laos** arrested 114 suspects involved in fraud in Vientiane, Luang Prabang and other places in Laos. Recently, 268 criminal suspects and physical evidence involved in the case have been successfully handed over to our side through the Xishuangbanna border port in Yunnan. At present, the relevant case is under further investigation.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security said that since 2023, the public security organs have continued to increase the crackdown on cross-border telecommunication network fraud, and while the crackdown on telecommunications network fraud in northern Myanmar has achieved major historical results, the Ministry of Public Security has also sent working groups to the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, the United Arab Emirates and other countries to carry out international police law enforcement cooperation, continue to organize multiple rounds of crackdowns, continuously expand the results of the crackdown, and successfully arrested a large number of telecommunications network fraud suspects. In the next step, the public security organs will continue to deepen police and law enforcement cooperation with relevant countries and regions, resolutely eradicate fraud dens, arrest persons involved in fraud in accordance with the law, resolutely curb the high incidence of cross-border telecommunications network fraud, and earnestly safeguard the safety of people's lives and property.