China Has Over 150 Economic Fugitives in U.S., Daily Says
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More than 150 people suspected of economic crimes from China remain at large in the U.S., China Daily said yesterday, as officials pledge to step up efforts to hunt down those who take their ill-gotten gains abroad.
Most of those who fled to the U.S. are officials facing corruption charges at home, the China Daily reported, citing Liao Jinrong, director general of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. The U.S. has become the top destination for so-called economic fugitives from China because the two countries don’t have an extradition treaty and lengthy legal procedures make it difficult to bring them back to China, the newspaper cited Liao as saying.