Recently, the hit movie "All for One" has turned its attention to the highly anticipated telecommunications fraud in recent years.

This type of film and television work based on real-life themes, with real shots added, is the most shocking.

Under the temptation of high reurns, some people sneak across to the fantasy "overseas gold mining land", hoping to "become rich overnight", but they are unaware that what they are waiting for is an inevitable legal net.

In recent years, overseas telecommunications network fraud criminal groups have organized, recruited, deceived, and lured some young people to participate in crimes, endangering the safety of people's lives and property. In this regard, political and legal organs have continuously increased their efforts to crack down on and punish illegal elements, making them severely punished by the law and forming a strong deterrent.

China Thailand Myanmar Lao Police Initiate Joint Action to Combat Gambling Fraud

According to CCTV News, from August 15th to 16th, the Ministry of Public Security of China, the General Police Agency of Thailand, the Myanmar Police Headquarters, and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos jointly held a special cooperative crackdown on gambling fraud and related crimes such as human trafficking, kidnapping, and illegal detention in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

All parties have decided to jointly establish a comprehensive coordination center for special operations in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and set up joint action points in areas where gambling fraud is rampant. With closer cooperation, more proactive attacks, and more professional actions, we will crack down on telecommunications network fraud and online gambling crimes in this region, and resolutely reverse the high incidence of human trafficking, kidnapping, detention, and other crimes.

All parties have expressed that they will issue a stern warning to those gambling and fraud criminal groups that still do not stop using practical actions, and demonstrate to the domestic and foreign countries the firm determination of the police of China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos to unite and cooperate and crack down on gambling and fraud.

According to the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, on July 25th, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai met with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Dan Sui in Naypyidaw, and the two sides exchanged views on China Myanmar relations and cooperation in related fields.

Ambassador Chen Hai and Foreign Minister Dan Sui conducted a special coordination on China Myanmar's joint efforts to combat criminal activities such as electronic fraud and online gambling within Myanmar. Ambassador Chen pointed out that in response to the spread of espionage crimes in the border areas of Myanmar, the two sides of China and Myanmar, as well as the three sides of China, Myanmar and Thailand, have carried out joint crackdowns and achieved initial results. However, including in the northern border areas of Myanmar, electricity fraud activities are still rampant, seriously damaging the vital interests of the people of China and Myanmar. The Chinese government attaches great importance to this, and the Chinese people deeply detest it. Both sides should further take strong measures and work together with other relevant neighboring countries to carry out a new phase of joint crackdown, fully eradicate the electricity fraud dens, rescue trapped Chinese personnel, eradicate the cancer of gambling fraud in Myanmar, bring criminal forces and their organization personnel to justice, and maintain the overall friendship and cooperation between China and Myanmar.

Dan Sui stated that Myanmar attaches great importance to China's concerns. In recent times, both Myanmar and China have coordinated on this matter multiple times, and Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Suo Tu, has had in-depth communication with Ambassador Chen on cracking down on fraud and gambling issues. The electronic fraud activities have affected the image of Myanmar and caused concerns among both domestic and foreign people. Myanmar is resolute in cracking down on fraudulent gambling activities. Myanmar will coordinate with China and other relevant neighboring countries to carry out follow-up crackdown actions, and explore the establishment of a normalized cooperation mechanism to deter illegal elements involved in fraud and gambling in Myanmar, and maintain the safety and interests of the people of both countries.

According to the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on May 14th, several Chinese citizens were recently lured into illegally immigrating to the Myawady area of Myanmar under the pretext of "high salary employment" and were required to engage in telecommunications fraud activities. After receiving a request for help, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar immediately activated the emergency plan and coordinated with the Myanmar police to carry out rescue operations. At present, the relevant personnel have been safely rescued.

China attaches great importance to the illegal activities of electronic fraud gangs located in the border areas of Myanmar, which have infringed upon the interests of Chinese citizens. China is conducting joint law enforcement actions with Myanmar and other parties to crack down on illegal gangs and rescue trapped Chinese personnel in accordance with the law.

The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar once again reminds Chinese citizens not to trust so-called high paying online recruitment information and to illegally immigrate overseas to engage in various illegal and criminal activities, in order to avoid damage to their lives and property safety. If illegally detained in Myanmar, victims or their families are requested to report to the Chinese and Burmese police as soon as possible and seek help from the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Myanmar, so that the police can rescue them in a timely manner.

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission:

Strictly crack down on overseas telecommunications fraud in accordance with the law

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission recently held a plenary session, proposing to adhere to systematic governance, legal governance, and source governance, and to crack down heavily on illegal and criminal activities such as overseas telecommunications and network fraud in accordance with the law, and to crack down heavily on domestic collaborative criminals in accordance with the law, resolutely safeguarding the vital interests of the people.

According to Economic Daily, in recent years, overseas telecommunications fraud groups have used the guise of "high paying recruitment" to lure and intimidate ordinary people into engaging in fraudulent activities, forming a series of black industrial chains such as violent detention and human trafficking, which have harmed the safety of people's lives and property. The diversity of its fraudulent methods, the harshness of its coercive measures, and the enormous amount of fraud are outrageous. We must crack down heavily on overseas network and telecommunications fraud in accordance with the law, resolutely safeguard the vital interests of the people, firmly uphold social order and good customs, and firmly uphold the dignity of the rule of law.

Overseas telecommunications network fraud groups are tightly organized and have clear division of labor, presenting organized crime characteristics such as multi industry support, industrial distribution, group operation, and refined division of labor. This requires strengthening international law enforcement cooperation, collaborating with relevant countries to carry out joint crackdowns, making every effort to eradicate espionage dens, rescue trapped individuals, and bring criminal forces and their organization personnel to justice. We should learn from existing joint law enforcement models, explore the establishment of a normalized cooperation mechanism to combat overseas telecommunications network fraud, form a long-term strong deterrence against criminals, and maintain the overall friendly cooperation between China and relevant countries.

From the perspective of fraud techniques, fraud groups utilize new technologies and formats such as blockchain, metaverse, virtual currency, and AI intelligence to constantly update their criminal tools, making them more covert and confusing. This requires the collaborative efforts of public security, finance, telecommunications, internet and other departments, the application of advanced technological means, and the fulfillment of regulatory responsibilities. We should start from offline to compress the space for online crime, organize centralized investigation and disposal of high-risk telephone and bank cards related to fraud, clean up associated internet accounts, and facilitate online reporting channels. Thoroughly investigate domestic criminal gangs colluding with overseas entities and make every effort to cut off illegal immigration channels.

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In fact, China's law enforcement agencies have long cooperated with relevant foreign departments to combat transnational telecommunications fraud and its related crimes.

In May 2012, the police of China and Thailand jointly destroyed a transnational telecommunications fraud group that committed fraud against Thai people, and arrested 12 suspect, including 10 Thai nationals.

In 2016, the public security organs of Guangzhou cooperated with the Thai police to solve the "6 · 26" huge transnational telecommunications fraud case, and 14 suspect were escorted back to Guangzhou from Thailand. The gang once made group calls to over 2.45 million fraudulent phone calls in China within three months, involving more than 300 cases in various provinces and cities across the country, with a total amount of over 30 million yuan involved.

In January 2022, under the guidance of the Ministry of Public Security, the Shanghai Police, through international law enforcement cooperation, synchronized with the Thai law enforcement authorities, captured 53 suspect led by Zhong and Bian, and recovered more than 130 million yuan of stolen money. This gang involves multiple types of crimes.

Including the establishment of cross-border illegal online gambling platforms, attracting various types of people to participate in online gambling through pornographic websites, pirated video websites, and sending spam messages. An underground money bank engaged in illegal exchange. As of the incident, the gang has accumulated over 10 billion yuan in illegal fund laundering and transfer for other upstream crimes such as telecommunications fraud.

Since 2021, under the unified deployment of the Ministry of Public Security of China, a nationwide campaign has been launched to persuade illegal outbound personnel stranded in northern Myanmar and those engaged in telecommunications network fraud. In 2021 alone, 210000 people have been persuaded to return from overseas, and various measures such as persuasion, punishment, and assistance have been taken in various regions to address the issue of personnel outflow, achieving certain results.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security of China have repeatedly issued reminders regarding high paying job vacancies in northern Myanmar, and actively carried out international law enforcement cooperation to combat related cross-border crimes. On July 25th, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai held a special coordination meeting with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Dan Sui regarding the joint efforts of China and Myanmar to combat illegal activities such as espionage and online gambling in Myanmar. He stated that both sides should take further effective measures to eradicate the cancer of espionage and gambling in Myanmar and bring criminal forces and organizations to justice.

Editor | Sun Zhicheng, Yi Qijiang Proofreading | Zhao Qing