Supreme People's Procuratorate: Strengthen anti-money laundering efforts, focusing on punishing crimes such as money laundering through underground banks and virtual currencies

According to Xinhua News Agency, at the national procurators' meeting held in Beijing, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made arrangements to fully utilize the power of the rule of law to serve high-quality development and other aspects. The Supreme Procuratorate requires that procuratorial organs must legally safeguard economic and financial security, severely punish serious economic crimes, and promote the creation of a law-based business environment.

The Supreme Procuratorate demands strict punishment for crimes such as smuggling and exporting strategic minerals to safeguard national strategic interests; in conjunction with the Financial Regulatory Administration and others, legally govern the illegal intermediary chaos in the financial sector, severely punish illegal fundraising, financial fraud, and other crimes, and comprehensively combat the financial "black and gray industries," ensuring the stable operation of finance and protecting the property safety of the people; increase efforts in anti-money laundering work, focusing on punishing crimes that utilize underground banks and virtual currency for money laundering. The Supreme Procuratorate proposed to deepen the rule of law construction in the capital market in conjunction with the China Securities Regulatory Commission, improve the mechanism for stationed securities procuratorial work, and strictly punish securities crimes such as financial fraud and market manipulation to maintain the safety of the capital market.