On October 6, South Korea's Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency stated that arrest warrants had been issued for all 4 Chinese national suspects in the restaurant vandalism case, 3 of whom have been placed on Interpol red notices, and that South Korea is pushing forward with an extradition request.
Four U.S. Republican senators sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General on September 30, calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Chinese criminal networks operating illegal marijuana businesses within the United States.
On September 21, five Chinese men beat and detained two Chinese female tourists at a vacation lodging in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea, snatched their phones and forced a transfer of 100,000 yuan. On September 22, one of the women escaped and reported the case to the police; officers arrested two suspects on the spot and intercepted a third at Jeju Airport, while the other two had already left the country and returned to China. South Korean police are tracking them through Interpol.
The Xinpu Branch of the Zunyi Public Security Bureau busted a criminal gang led by Lü Xiaohong and Bao Yanchuan. Since 2025, the gang had set up restaurants at the intersections of highway toll stations in Xiazi Town and Yaxi Town, using lucky draws to draw in customers, harassing and intimidating passing travelers, forcing them to buy inferior products at inflated prices, and carrying out extortion, forced transactions, fraud and other illegal activities. 28 suspects were arrested.
In August 2026, official media reported that police in multiple regions had dismantled so-called “factory-exploding” extortion gangs that used fake job applications to gain employment and then extorted labor intermediary agencies under the pretext of labor disputes.
CCTV cited data from the Ministry of Public Security stating that the number of criminal cases nationwide decreased by 16.1% year-on-year from January to May. However, the phenomenon of multiple regions investing financially in expanding detention centers and prisons has led to external doubts about the real public security situation.
A Thai police investigation found that criminal groups have bribed hospital staff and household registration officials and recruited Thai men to act as fake fathers, helping Chinese families obtain Thai nationality for their children; as of the report, 27 people had been arrested.
The Ministry of Public Security announced that Liu Ren, a key backbone of the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate and president of the Anhui General Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, has been escorted back to Beijing from Phnom Penh.
Cambodian police arrested Liu Ren in Phnom Penh as he was preparing to leave the country, and subsequently handed him over to Chinese public security authorities. The Ministry of Public Security announced that he is suspected of online gambling, telecom fraud, and serious violent crimes.
Jinbei Group founder Liu Ren was escorted from Cambodia back to Beijing by the Ministry of Public Security.
Cambodia announced the arrest of Tai Kun Chen Zi, one of the country's biggest crime bosses, who was subsequently repatriated to China, sparking a nationwide crackdown on online fraud and illegal gambling.
In 2025, Hong Kong recorded a total of 89,137 criminal cases, 50% more than the 59,225 cases in 2019. Among them, 43,212 were fraud cases, accounting for half, with victims defrauded of HK$8.1 billion. Fraud cases have multiplied fivefold from fewer than 10,000 in 2019.
Hui Jian published a post on a WeChat public account, accusing Liu Ren, president of the Cambodian Anhui Chamber of Commerce, of violent loan-sharking in casinos, beating a renovation boss to death, running telecom fraud parks, and armed transnational crime.
Data shows that in 2024, the annual number of criminal cases filed by Chinese police (Public Security) exceeded 10 million, a sharp increase compared to 2000, with the majority of short-sentence cases involving various "pocket crimes."