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Author: Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing
Title: Police cooperation and the fight against cross-border crime along Belt and Road countries: the emergence and proliferation of telecommunication fraud in Greater China
Journal Name: The Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute
Pub. Info: Jun. 2019, No. 4, pp. 40-50
Link: http://mrijournal.riccimac.org/articles/issue_04/MRI_Journal_Issue_Four.pdf
Abstract: Instances of telecommunication fraud in the region of Greater China – the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan – have increased since 2015. Some criminal elements involved in telecommunication fraud have been operating in Belt and Road countries outside either the PRC or Taiwan. The governments of Greater China have been cooperating to combat telecommunication fraud. This paper examines the pattern of telecommunication fraud and addresses the issue of how the governments of China and Taiwan have been tackling it in cooperation with the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Paragraph Headings: 1. Introduction 2. The rise of telecommunication fraud in Greater China 3. Responses from Taiwan and the PRC 4. A new pattern 5. Implications for BRI development