Crime · China
Cut-the-cards operation
In plain English
A national campaign against the supply of the two things a fraud operation cannot run without: telephone numbers and bank accounts. Launched 10 October 2020 under the State Council inter-ministerial joint conference on telecom-network crime.
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Agency category. An agency analytical category. Not itself a statute — no offence is defined by it.
The instrument
State Council inter-ministerial joint conference on combating telecom-network crime
Launched 10 October 2020
Prosecutions under the campaign proceed largely under 帮信罪 — Criminal Law Art. 287-2.
Literally
Sever-the-cards operation.
What English gets wrong
卡 covers both SIM cards and bank cards — one Chinese word that English has to split in two. And 断 is sever the supply, not simply cut.
What to write instead
the card-cutting campaign, giving 断卡行动 and explaining that 卡 covers both.
Related
- Telecom-network fraud — 电信网络诈骗 / 电诈
- Assisting information-network crime — 帮信罪 / 幫信罪
Sources
- State Council inter-ministerial joint conference materials on the 断卡 campaign