Off the wire
• Chinese company launches innovation contest to tech companies in Israel  • Urgent: Suicide attack against police in S. Afghanistan, casualties feared  • Agricultural policy bank's profits surge  • China's online population hits 649 mln  • FLASH: CASUALTIES FEARED AS SUICIDE BOMBING ROCKS MAIWAND DISTRICT IN S. AFGHANISTAN -- OFFICIAL  • Foreign exchange rates in India  • Roundup: HK stocks close 0.29 pct higher  • Japan coach Aguirre fired over match-fixing scandal  • Hong Kong stocks close 0.29 pct higher  • Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange  
You are here: 　 Home

Italy extradites economic crime suspect to China

Xinhua, February 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

An economic fraud suspect was returned to China under police escort on Tuesday after ten years on the run in Italy, marking the first extradition of its kind from a European country, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

The suspect, surnamed Zhang, a former securities company staff in north China's Hebei Province, allegedly stole more than 1.4 million yuan (223,700 U.S. dollars) from clients' between Jan. 2000 and Jan. 2005, according to a statement released Tuesday by the ministry.

Zhang escaped to Italy in Oct. 2005, at the same time the ministry released a Red Notice via Interpol and began to arrange law enforcement cooperation with Italy on her case.

Zhang was arrested by Italian police in Oct. 2014, and the country officially agreed for her extradition on Jan. 16, 2015, the statement said. Endi