About 450 people were arrested in Taiwan and China Wednesday in the largest joint anti-fraud operation launched by the two sides, the island's police said. More than 2,700 Chinese policemen and nearly 550 from Taiwan took part in co-ordinated raids against scam rings on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, said the Criminal Investigation Bureau in Taipei.
Taiwan police arrested 121 suspects and confiscated more than 10 million Taiwan dollars (312,500 US) while 329 were rounded up by Chinese authorities, according to the bureau. "This is the largest-ever joint operation to show our determination to fight crime," the bureau said in a statement. "Let this be a warning to criminal groups thinking they can get away by moving back and forth across the Taiwan Strait."
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