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Former official gets six-year prison term
The first former civil servant China extradited from a European Union member state was sentenced to six years in prison for taking more than 52 million yuan ($7.5 million) in bribes.
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No safe havens for fugitives
Xu Chaofan, former head of the Kaiping sub-branch of Bank of China in Guangdong province, has been returned to China from the United States to face trial on charges of embezzlement and corruption, the top anti-corruption watchdog said on Wednesday.
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China, US sign MOU on money laundering and terrorism
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on money laundering and countering terrorist financing has been signed between China and the United States.
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Hundreds of fugitives are brought back since April
More than 700 Chinese fugitives suspected of involvement in economic crimes have been brought home from abroad since April to stand trial.
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Economic fugitive captured in Ghana
Another economic fugitive on the 100-most-wanted list was repatriated from Ghana to China on Sunday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China reported on its website.
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'Solid evidence' will be sent to break US fugitive gridlock
Law enforcement officers are hoping that with better proof they will be able to bring more fugitives to trial from the United States.
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- China's judicial assistance
A narrow description of judicial assistance would be “investigating and collecting evidence, as well as serving judicial papers or documents”. A broader definition would include civil and commercial matters, criminal justice, extradition, and the transfer of prisoners.
- Chinese Cooperation with Foreign Countries in Judicial Affairs
China has been cooperating with foreign countries in judicial assistance since the mid-1980s and is cooperating in the area of extradition and transfer of criminals.
- Commercial Judicial Assistance
China currently has treaties on civil and commercial judicial assistance with 13 countries and has treaties on civil and criminal judicial assistance and treaties on civil, commercial and criminal judicial assistance with 19 countries.
