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Associated Press News Wire (ap@telecom-digest.org) Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:34:29 -0500
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Police: China Internet Fraud Laws Are Weak
Chinese police complain they have few legal tools to prosecute
Officers investigated 20,000 allegations of Internet fraud last year,
"Because the laws are out-of-date, the degree to which we can attack
That admission, first reported by Outlook magazine last week,
While police can act against clear-cut cases of illegal pornography
Of the 11,521 cases of alleged Internet crime brought before courts
Even when investigations are successful, prosecution can be thwarted
In one case, police sought to help people get back money from a Web
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
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