China showcases US joint effort after pair sentenced over drugs-related money laundering
Case spanning both nations saw two men sentenced to jail following US tip-off, People’s Daily reports
China has highlighted its success in joint law enforcement with the US, with state media publishing a rare report on a drugs-related money laundering case triggered by a tip-off from American authorities.
Two men were sentenced in September in the case spanning both nations, the People’s Daily reported last week.
This comes amid renewed US-China momentum against drug crimes, showcasing steady bilateral progress in anti-narcotics enforcement.
Officers in Shenyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province, had received information in April last year from US authorities about a Chinese citizen surnamed Tong, the People’s Daily reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the US tip-off said Tong was “suspected of money laundering for drug dealers”.
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Chinese authorities established a task force and sent 25 teams to 16 provinces in the search for evidence that Tong and an accomplice named Chen had engaged in illegal foreign exchange trading, according to the report.