The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Responds to Questions Related to Deepening the Special Campaign Against Gang Crime and Evil

The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission recently took questions from reporters on issues related to further deepening the special campaign against organized crime and gangrelated wrongdoing. The report noted that the Party Central Committee has deployed a roughly oneyear nationwide campaign starting this July to further deepen the special campaign against organized crime and gangrelated wrongdoing, with a focus on addressing problems involving organized crime and gangrelated wrongdoing that the public strongly complains about, as well as related disorder in industries, in order to safeguard social security and stability. An official of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission said that in recent years, the regularized struggle against organized crime and gangrelated wrongdoing has achieved notable results, with declines in the number of criminal cases and homicide cases, while the public's sense of security and satisfaction has remained at a relatively high level. At the same time, however, organized crime and gangrelated offenses still feature new characteristics such as greater concealment, online involvement, and "soft violence," so it is necessary to further strengthen crackdowns and governance. This special campaign will focus on onlinerelated gang forces, illegal lending, illegal debt collection, malicious claims, public opinion extortion, online trolls causing trouble, as well as traditional organized crime and gangrelated issues such as "village bullies" and "mine bullies." Relevant departments will also promote the normalization and institutionalization of the fight against organized crime and gangrelated wrongdoing through measures such as strictly handling cases in accordance with the law, keeping the "12337" reporting platform open and accessible, thoroughly uncovering "protective umbrellas," and improving industry governance and grassroots governance mechanisms.