Strengthening the handling of violations related to key subjects

Dismantling many criminal rings with the participation of key figures

Commenting on the security and order situation in the province, on March 29, the leader of the provincial police said that in March 2022, in general, crimes tended to decrease compared to the previous month. However, there were emerging crimes related to black credit and gambling with many sophisticated and reckless tricks. In particular, there were many cases of law violations with the participation of prominent subjects, includingcriminal record.

Typically, on April 1, 2022, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police announced that the unit had just successfully dismantled a specialized case specializing in organizing loan sharking in civil transactions with many sophisticated and daring tricks, temporarily detaining 04 subjects. The leader of this line isNguyen Dinh Vuong(born in 1995) residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district. Vuong has a previous conviction for harboring and illegally using drugs.

Vuong also had 3 accomplices assigned specific tasks to him, including: Le Anh Luc (born in 1993); Nguyen Quang Tuyen (born in 1993), both residing in Kim Son town, Que Phong district, and Nguyen Lam Van (born in 1989), residing in Quan Bau ward, Vinh city.

The subjects (from left to right): Nguyen Dinh Vuong, Le Anh Luc, Nguyen Quang Tuyen were arrested. Photo courtesy of HN

To run his loan sharking ring, Vuong used software and hired Tuyen to manage the software and loan books. Luc and Van were assigned by Vuong to specialize in debt collection. To collect money, the subjects often went to the victims' homes or offices, using tricks to put pressure. More aggressively, they also broke into the homes or beat the victims many times. During the investigation, the police determined that from 2020 to present, Nguyen Dinh Vuong had lent more than 400 victims a total of about 20 billion VND, thereby illegally profiting nearly 10 billion VND with a lending interest rate of 3,000 - 5,000 VND/million/day (108-180%/year).

Recently, in the province, there have been mobile gambling gangs, highly vigilant, equipped with means and using many ways to alert the authorities to avoid the authorities. Therefore, the police force has encountered more difficulties in detecting and catching gambling cases. However, by using professional measures, the police force has detected and caught red-handed, handling many gambling cases involving many people and large amounts of money.

In March 2022 alone, the authorities discovered and handled 54 cases and 316 gambling subjects. Of which, 21 cases and 152 subjects were prosecuted. For example, on March 11, 2022, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police temporarily detained 18 subjects to investigate and clarify the acts of gambling and organizing gambling. This is a case that the police force has been diligently monitoring and capturing the movements of a group of people who organized gambling and professional gambling on the move, causing headaches in Dien Chau district for a long time.

Pham Khac Loc's farm, the place the subjects chose as a gambling location. Photo courtesy of HN

To avoid detection and arrest by the authorities, the operators often choose gambling locations in solidly built areas, or large farms isolated in the middle of rice fields far from residential areas, with few people passing by, easy to observe and escape if discovered. The subjects who come to gamble will have their phones confiscated, the gambling time is about 2 hours, during the gambling process, people are assigned to guard. During the investigation, the police agency determined that this group of subjects was led by To Ngoc Phap (born in 1995), residing in Dien Lien commune, Dien Chau district. This subject has bad relatives, has many tricks to deal with the authorities.

Proposal to apply the highest level of the penalty framework

At the Internal Affairs meeting on March 29, through assessing the situation, it was found that some types of crimes have emerged. Although there are not many cases, the level and criminal behavior are increasingly reckless, especially crimes related to:black credit, gambling and fraud to appropriate property online. Assessing and reporting on the situation of maintaining security and order, fighting and suppressing all kinds of crimes, the provincial police leader emphasized that many cases involved prominent people in society leading thegangcriminals participate. In addition to being reckless and reckless, they also have many tricks to take advantage of loose legal regulations to avoid punishment from the authorities. Some cases even show signs of challenging the authorities, spreading false information to deceive public opinion about the work of criminal trials.

Therefore, in addition to the functional sector further stepping up the detection and suppression of all types of crimes, the provincial police leaders also requested the provincial leaders to continue to direct more strongly and require the functional forces in the process of investigating and trying cases involving high-ranking subjects to apply the highest penalty within the prescribed framework.

Report of a victim who was scammed of money via social networks. Photo courtesy of PV

For crimeInternet fraud, the police force determined that they have many sophisticated forms such as deceiving and enticing people to invest in virtual currency exchanges, participating in virtual trading floors, buying and selling goods online and transferring money in advance. However, the difficulty for the authorities is that many victims are local people but are deceived by subjects in other localities. Meanwhile, the propaganda, warning and prevention measures against this type of crime are not commensurate, meeting the requirements to be able to widely warn each person, to the subjects that are easily targeted by these criminals to deceive.

At the March meeting of the Internal Affairs Bloc, comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested that agencies, departments and branches in the Internal Affairs Bloc, in addition to performing assigned tasks, also need to further strengthen the work of propaganda and dissemination of laws; increase warnings to people about sophisticated fraud tricks of all kinds of criminals. For related cases, with the participation of high-ranking subjects, the provincial leaders also requested strict handling to ensure deterrence and strictness of the law.