Organized crime increases in 2008
By Xie Chuanjiao | China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-27 07:38
Organized crime saw a sharp increase in the country last year despite a government campaign to crack down on criminal gangs, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said yesterday.
Chinese courts received 473 cases of organized crime last year, a year-on-year increase of 27 percent.
Between 2006 and 2008, courts handled 1,026 such cases, in which 11,908 people were prosecuted, the SPC said.
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