Wu Heping, the spokesman from the Ministry of Public Security, told reporters that there were 84,000 economic crimes out of 4.75 million criminal cases in 2007, an increase of 4.2% from last year. This is the fourth year in a row during which China had seen a marked increase in economic crimes.
Among the economic offenses, violations of company regulations and financial misconduct led the increase, rising 15% and 14% respectively.
Source: Chinanews.com, January 30, 2008
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