China, Philippines cooperate to capture, repatriate alleged cross-border fraud suspect

Chinese and Philippine law enforcement authorities have cooperated in the capture and repatriation of a man suspected of fraud and concealing and disguising the proceeds of crime, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said on Monday.

The suspect, identified by the surname Tan, was recently captured and returned to China, according to the embassy.

Tan was allegedly a core member of a transnational criminal group that had long been engaged in telecommunications fraud and money laundering in Vietnam and Laos, the embassy said.

Tan had been wanted by police in multiple parts of China, and the amount of money involved in the alleged crimes exceeded 10 million yuan ($1.4 million), according to the embassy.

The case is part of ongoing law enforcement cooperation between China and the Philippines targeting cross-border crime, the embassy said, without providing further details on when or where Tan was arrested or repatriated.