Anti-graft office's success bolsters hunt for fugitives
Nearly 6,000 fugitives accused of economic crimes have been returned to China to stand trial from more than 120 countries and regions since 2014, the leading anti-corruption watchdog said.
The announcement came just before the fifth anniversary on Thursday of the founding of the office created to coordinate anti-corruption efforts as a means to help bolster the hunt for fugitives.
That office was established on June 27, 2014, to strengthen the work undertaken by the International Cooperation Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. It was set up to better coordinate the efforts of such entities as the CCDI, the Supreme People's Court, the Foreign Ministry and the Public Security Ministry in pursuing fugitives who escaped overseas.
