Campaign to fight online organized crime

China recently launched an 18-month nationwide operation to crack down on organized crime conducted in cyberspace, targeting crimes like online blackmail, fraud, threats and harassment.

Nine central departments including the ministries of public security, industry and information technology, and justice, as well as the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued a circular to deploy relevant authorities to carry out the operation.

The operation aims to deepen the ongoing regular crackdown on organized crime in the information and network spaces. In 2018, China's central government launched a three-year national campaign focusing on fighting organized crime, after which it became an ongoing campaign.