Guangdong police review performance

Guangdong police broke up 88 mafia-style criminal organizations and 334 gang-related criminal organizations last year as part of a national campaign against such rings, which will help improve public security in the country's most populous province.

In the campaign, more than 53,000 people were detained on criminal grounds in the province during the year, with 8.54 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) worth of assets sealed, frozen or seized, Zhang Qinghong, deputy chief of the provincial Commission for the Political and Legal Affairs, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

A total of 7,510 people involved in 2,087 cases were prosecuted and court verdicts were passed on 2,361 people in 601 cases, Zhang said.