Myanmar authorities have transferred 10 suspects accused of being involved in organized cyber fraud, money laundering and human trafficking in Myanmar and Mekong to the Chinese government.
The list of accused includes the heads of three well-known crime families.
In December, China’s Ministry of Public Security released a wanted list that specifically targeted “family” members. criminal syndicates” that prey on Chinese citizens at its border. They do so using “pig slaughter scams” or frauds that develop a connection with individualsand then turn against them by offering fake investments.
“For a long time, several criminal groups in northern Myanmar’s Kokang Autonomous Region… have organized and opened fraud dens, openly armed frauds, and committed telecommunications and network fraud crimes against Chinese citizens,” Chinese Ministry of Public Security She said.
The ministry announced that Bai Suocheng, former president of the Kokang region, as well as his son and daughter, and two other leaders of the Wei Chaoren and Liu Zhengxiang crime families were arrested and sent to a detention center. Liu Zhengmao and Xu Laofa, two other suspects, along with four unnamed others, suffered the same fate.
As pressure intensifies, union leaders appear to feel the need to move to other areas of the country, and four suspects on China’s most wanted list are still at large. However, the ministry considers this extradition and delivery a “landmark achievement” between China and Myanmar.