Sino-US cooperation will strengthen anti-corruption pursuit recover booty | Central | recover booty _ escape news

According to Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei 8th said at a regular press conference, China and the United States pursuit recover booty on strengthening anti-corruption cooperation and reached important consensus, the Chinese Government has determined to punish corruption, no corrupt elements in the world of "sin evasion paradise".

To a reporter's question, according to reports, the 5th, the United States, State Department officials said China has told the United States to provide United States economic fugitives list, determined the exact number of the two countries and agreed that case-by-case solution. Please confirm and introduce anti-corruption cooperation on progress. How China is going to do with these fugitives?

Hong said, on December 3 to 5th, the two sides held in Beijing China-US Joint Liaison Group for law enforcement cooperation (JLG) 12th meeting, United States Assistant Secretary of State brownfield as one of the head of the US side took part in the meeting. This meeting is an important topic of pursuit recover booty cooperation against corruption, the two sides reached important consensus on further strengthening the cooperation in the field.

He reiterated that the Chinese Government has determined to punish corruption, no corrupt elements in the world of "sin evasion paradise". "Corrupt no matter how far, no matter how long escape escape, the Chinese Government will definitely be brought to justice, be brought to justice. "Hong Lei.

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US official: China to provide hundreds of "list of flight"

According to United States media previously reported, one not named of United States State officials said, China has to United States provides a copies over 100 people of list, this copies list main involving "is located in United States territory, and suspected corruption rot or engaged in illegal economic activities of" China flight crime suspects, this a list in the most for Chinese name, no provides how much related these people identity of information and they in United States of may whereabouts.

United States media said the United States Assistant Secretary of State brownfield said the two sides have confirmed the "list an indeterminate number of persons, and agreed to jointly explore for list processing". The Beijing News reporter Chu Xinyan

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No extradition agreement, Sino-US cooperation between anti-corruption pursuit?

United States are countries with greater China corruption emigrant. Although it still does not have an extradition agreement between the two countries, but it is now between the US and China have multiple cooperation mechanisms against corruption.

Among them, the China-US Joint Liaison Group for law enforcement cooperation (JLG) was established in 1998, is China's most important bilateral cooperation framework against corruption.

At present, the JLG "common head" System. Head of the Chinese common respectively, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Treaty and Law Department, head of the international cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of public security and the Ministry of supervision, international cooperation Bureau, head of the US side are the United States Assistant Secretary of State for international law enforcement Affairs drug and Deputy Assistant Minister, Ministry of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary.

During the meeting, the Chinese delegation was led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of public security, Ministry of supervision, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Justice, the General Administration of customs, the people's Bank of China and United States Embassy a deputation, Director of the Foreign Ministry's legal department Xu Hong head of first. US delegation from the State, justice, homeland security, and US Embassy officials, US Assistant Secretary of State for narcotics and law enforcement cooperation Affairs brownfield as head of the first.

JLG currently under pursuit evasion, mutual legal assistance, such as anti-corruption, seven working groups, covering various areas of bilateral cooperation in justice, law enforcement.

Between the US and China, as well as an anti-corruption cooperation mechanisms. APEC anti-corruption network for law enforcement cooperation, China and the United States co-chaired, Secretariat is located in China.

In recent years, recover recover booty has been carried out outside the Sino-US cooperation, including many successful cases. Most notably the Bank of China branch in Kaiping, Guangdong Province.

The 90 's of the last century, Xu chaofan, Yu Zhendong, Xu Guojun with three former Presidents as well as the missing flight, embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars. In April 2004, Beijing Capital Airport, Yu Zhendong was United States handed over to the Chinese judicial authorities. The Beijing News reporter Chu Xinyan

(Original title: the United States and China will strengthen anti-corruption cooperation pursuit recover booty)

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