Original title: Public security organs launched special operations to detect more than 2,700 cultural relic crimes and the momentum of cultural relic crimes was effectively curbed
At the beginning of this year, an important criminal clue emerged from Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province reselling cultural relics to Jiangxi Province. After more than four months of investigations, the Jiangyin Public Security Bureau arrested Xu Mojun, Zhou Mofei, Yan Mojun and other investigators, stealing, and reselling cultural relics. Through deep digging and extension, the public security organs also arrested criminal suspects such as Zhao Modong who bought silver ingots from the “Zhang Xianzhong Jiangkou Shenyin Case” in Sichuan and reselled them in Jiangyin, and Wang Moyi who reselled cultural relics in Shanghai.
So far, the Jiangsu public security organs have successfully cracked the Jiangyin “4·3” gangster excavation and reselling of cultural relics under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Security. The whole chain of criminal gangs of theft, excavation and reselling of cultural relics has been eliminated, 58 criminal suspects have been arrested, and porcelain, lacquered wood, and There are more than 1,100 pieces of various cultural relics including gold and silverware.
The reporter learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Public Security held on the 13th that in 2020, the number of registered cultural relic crime cases decreased by 20.15% year-on-year, dropping to the lowest value in recent years. Beginning on August 31 last year, the Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, deployed a new round of nationwide special operations to combat and prevent cultural relics crimes. The focus of this action is to crack down on illegal and criminal activities such as the theft of ancient cultural sites and tombs, the theft of stone carvings in cave temples, the theft of ancient buildings and their components, and the management and protection of the national cultural heritage. According to reports, as of November 30, public security organs across the country have detected 2,704 criminal cases of various cultural relics, destroyed 585 cultural relic criminal gangs, and arrested 5,368 criminal suspects. Among them, 22 were wanted for fugitives from the Ministry of Public Security. 61 thousand pieces of cultural relics.
According to Zheng Xiang, the second-level inspector of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the recovery of precious cultural relics is the primary task of the special operation. Among the cultural relics recovered in this special operation, 73 were first-class cultural relics, 375 were second-class cultural relics, and 3827 were third-class cultural relics, which have high historical, artistic and scientific value. According to Chen Peijun, Director of the Inspection Department of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of Public Security have established a long-term mechanism for combating and preventing cultural relics crimes in recent years, jointly deploying special operations, listing major and major cases, strengthening public security prevention, and implementing joint prevention and control.
The momentum of cultural relic crimes has been effectively curbed under the full crackdown and strict prevention of public security organs and cultural relics departments. “While achieving remarkable results, we also need to pay attention to the current situation of cultural relics security. The predicate crimes such as theft, excavation and theft are endless. The reselling of cultural relics is showing a trend of frequent occurrences. The professionalization and intelligence of crimes are becoming more and more obvious. Work brings new challenges. Fighting and preventing cultural relic crimes has a long way to go.” Zheng Xiang said.
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