Taipei, June 11 (CNA) A group of 122 Taiwanese fraud suspects were flown back to Taipei from Macau on a private EVA Airways flight early Saturday, marking the first time in Taiwan's crime-fighting history that a chartered plane was used to transport suspected criminals.
They were all arrested in Cambodia in a joint regional crime-fighting operation on Thursday, in which a total of 598 suspects, including 410 Taiwanese and 181 Chinese nationals, were nabbed.The suspects were rounded up in Taiwan, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for allegedly operating Internet and telephone scams mainly targeting Chinese and Taiwanese, according to the Crimin.
The bureau sent 60 detectives to escort the 122 fraud suspects back to Taiwan from Macau. The suspects arrived in Macau from Cambodia, along with 181 Chinese suspects, aboard a plane chartered by China.
After they arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, another 40 police officers were dispatched to escort them to the central city of Taichung for questioning.
Some CIB agents said the in-flight escort mission was reminiscent of the Hollywood action-thriller film "Con Air, " in which a newly released ex-con and former U.S. Ranger found himself trapped on a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seized control.
Police sources said the CIB would send another chartered plane to Indonesia in the next couple of days to fly back the 100 suspects arrested there in the June 9 operation.
It marked the first time that law enforcement officers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait simultaneously collaborated with their counterparts in Southeast Asian countries in a cross-border crime-fighting operation.
Taiwan alone mobilized more than 800 police officers to join the massive crackdown on telecom and Internet scams.
National Police Agency Director-General Wang Cho-chiun said Friday that the operation had dealt a heavy blow to the fraud rings and should help reduce fraud cases in Taiwan.
Moreover, he said, it was the first time that Taiwanese and mainland Chinese police had jointly investigated fraud cases in a third country.
"We believe the operation has set a new trend in joint crime-fighting," he added.
Taiwanese fraud rings have reportedly relocated to Southeast Asia since an agreement was singed two years ago between Taiwan and China to work more closely to bust such operations, police
After they arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, another 40 police officers were dispatched to escort them to the central city of Taichung for questioning.
Some CIB agents said the in-flight escort mission was reminiscent of the Hollywood action-thriller film "Con Air, " in which a newly released ex-con and former U.S. Ranger found himself trapped on a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seized control.
Police sources said the CIB would send another chartered plane to Indonesia in the next couple of days to fly back the 100 suspects arrested there in the June 9 operation.
It marked the first time that law enforcement officers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait simultaneously collaborated with their counterparts in Southeast Asian countries in a cross-border crime-fighting operation.
Taiwan alone mobilized more than 800 police officers to join the massive crackdown on telecom and Internet scams.
National Police Agency Director-General Wang Cho-chiun said Friday that the operation had dealt a heavy blow to the fraud rings and should help reduce fraud cases in Taiwan.
Moreover, he said, it was the first time that Taiwanese and mainland Chinese police had jointly investigated fraud cases in a third country.
"We believe the operation has set a new trend in joint crime-fighting," he added.
Taiwanese fraud rings have reportedly relocated to Southeast Asia since an agreement was singed two years ago between Taiwan and China to work more closely to bust such operations, police
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