Closer cooperation urged to stop trans-border corruption

SHANGHAI - A senior Chinese prosecutor is calling for closer international cooperation in the fight to sever the arteries that sustain the "global cancer" of trans-border corruption.

Chen Lianfu, director of the bureau of anti-corruption and bribery under the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said agencies and nations must work together to stem the flow of assets and cash being transferred by corrupt officials.

"Criminal suspects have sent large amounts of illegal money to other countries through money laundering," Chen said in an exclusive interview with China Daily.