Crime · China
Assisting information-network crime
In plain English
The offence used against the people who supply the infrastructure of fraud — sellers of SIM cards and bank cards, and money mules. It is the enforcement workhorse behind the 断卡行动 campaign.
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Legal term. Defined by statute. Carries legal consequences.
The instrument
中华人民共和国刑法 第二百八十七条之二
Criminal Law of the PRC, Article 287-2
Article 287-2
Literally
Short for 帮助信息网络犯罪活动罪 — assisting information-network criminal activity.
What English gets wrong
It is almost absent from English-language coverage, which describes Chinese anti-fraud enforcement without naming the charge most of it actually proceeds under.
What to write instead
assisting information-network criminal activity, giving 帮信罪.
Related
- Telecom-network fraud — 电信网络诈骗 / 电诈
- Cut-the-cards operation — 断卡行动 / 斷卡行動
Sources
- Criminal Law of the PRC, Article 287-2