In 2016 alone, Operation Sky Net repatriated 1,032 fugitives from over 70 countries and recovered CN¥ 2.4 billion.[6] According to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China has captured over 1,200 fugitives, including 140 Party members and government officials, and recovered CN¥ 2.91 billion (US$400 million) of embezzled funds in 2023.[7]
Activities
Human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders highlighted methods used in Operation Sky Net, including the detention of fugitives' relatives in mainland China, dispatching agents overseas to illegally intimidate the person in their overseas location, or kidnap them and return them to China.[8][9] In some cases, authorities froze family assets or even threatened to take away their children.[10][11][12]
In 2016, Operation Sky Net led to the escortion of Yang Xiuzhu, one of China's most-wanted fugitives according to a post of a list of 100 suspects "wanted for economic crimes and said to be living abroad" published in April 2015.[13] She was escorted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to Beijing, where she was then turned over to Chinese authorities.[14] In 2018, Jacky Cheung held concerts in the cities of mainland China. Police from many provinces repeatedly arrested detected fugitives in the concert after the concert was over.[15] In July 2018, the Uyghur Human Rights Project documented 395 cases of Uyghurs being deported, extradited, or rendered back to China.[16][8]
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^""逃犯克星"张学友：国家技术太先进，要做该做的事情" ["Fugitive Nemesis" Jacky Cheung: Our country's technology is too advanced, we must do what we should do]. news.sina.com.cn. October 4, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
^Jianguo, Meng (April 15, 2019). "单月50万次人脸识别：中国如何用AI监控维族人" [500,000 facial recognitions in a single month: How China uses AI to monitor Uighurs]. The New York Times (in Chinese). Retrieved December 19, 2024.
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
