China releases list of economic fugitives
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CHINA’S Interpol office has released a list of 100 wanted economic fugitives, the nation’s anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday, as the government deepens its fight against suspected corrupt officials who have fled overseas.
The people on the list, published on the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s website, are mostly mid-level officials and company executives.
Among them is Yang Xiuzhu, a senior official who oversaw construction projects in the booming eastern province of Zhejiang. She was eventually detained in Amsterdam in 2005 but, nearly a decade on, China has yet to get her back despite protracted negotiations with the Netherlands.
The list is part of “Sky Net,” an initiative that the government unveiled last month to better coordinate its fight against suspected corrupt officials who have fled overseas, and to recover their dirty assets.
The list from Interpol’s National Central Bureau of China showed the suspects’ photographs, identification and visa numbers, possible flight destinations and the crimes they are accused of committing.
“Via Interpol and other channels, China has requested law enforcement organs in related countries to strengthen cooperation and help bring these suspects back to justice,” it said.
The CCDI said that the 100 people were only a fraction of the country’s targets, and future suspects who escape overseas will receive the same treatment.
“With intensified efforts, a ‘sky net’ is being weaved,” the agency said. “We will strengthen law enforcement cooperation with other countries and mobilize various resources to make these fugitives unwelcome guests and finally bring them back to justice.”
The sums of money believed to have been spirited out of China from all types of malfeasance are staggering.
The Washington-based Global Financial Integrity group, a non-profit organization that analyzes illicit financial flows, estimates that US$2.83 trillion flowed illegally out of China from 2005 to 2011.
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