Crackdown on human smuggling nets 2,943
Print Edition
MAINLAND and Hong Kong police have arrested 2,943 illegal immigrants in a joint operation to crack down on growing human smuggling, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.
Among the detained immigrants, 2,860 are from Southeast Asia and 83 from South Asia, the ministry said at a press conference in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
Most illegal immigrants were trying to sneak into Hong Kong from the mainland to seek employment, it added.
Since the 17-month campaign, police in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces have dismantled three cross-border smuggling syndicates with the help of Hong Kong police.
A total of 142 suspects from the three syndicates were apprehended by police, including 29 from countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia. The cross-border smuggling rings are well organized with clear division of labor, said the ministry.
“Smugglers in Southeast Asia and South Asia recruit immigrants, smugglers in the mainland transfer them to Guangdong from the border and ports and then sneak them into Hong Kong. Smugglers in Hong Kong then take control of the whole process,” it added.
Illegal immigrants also commit crimes such as thefts and drug smuggling, which affected the public security in both Hong Kong and Guangdong.
The authorities vowed to increase cooperation between police in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Xinjiang in an effort to safeguard social security and stability.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
