Building regulations to coordinate the fight against economic crimes

(Baonghean.vn) - Vinh City Police proposed this at a meeting with theSupervisory delegation of the Legal Committee, Provincial People's CouncilOn the morning of September 19, on the investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of cases violating economic management order.

Ms. Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the Provincial People's Council's Legal Committee chaired the meeting with members. Also attending were Mr. Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, representatives of a number of relevant departments, branches and units.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: HT

From January 2015 to June 2017, the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency prosecuted and investigated 27 cases and 38 defendants for violating economic management order, including 21 cases and 26 defendants for trading and transporting prohibited goods, namely firecrackers.

The remaining violations are related to trading in smuggled cigarettes, fake foreign alcohol, buying and selling invoices and documents, and intentionally violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences.

During the supervision, Mr. Tran Dinh Toan - Deputy Head of the Legal Committee of the Provincial People's Council and a number of delegates expressed concern about the number of cases in specialized economic fields such as tax, speculation, securities, credit, and land that have not been detected by Vinh City Police?

The explanation of the Deputy Chief of Vinh City Police - Mr. Nguyen Huu Cuong, said that the police investigation teams have participated in many interdisciplinary teams to handle and administratively fine many cases related to violations in the field of economic management. Data on this content will be supplemented in time to send to the monitoring team.

Mr. Cuong also said that many economic violations that the police investigation agency discovered and handled were regulated in other fields.

For example, cases related to violations in the land sector are mainly transferred to be handled under the crime of abuse of power or intentional violation of regulations, corruption... so they are not included in the list of handling crimes in the economic sector, so the agency does not include them in the monitoring report.

In handling violations of smuggling, counterfeit goods production... proving the origin of goods and the relationship with violators is still difficult.

Regulations on handling violations in the fields of trading, food production, food additives, and penalties for trading and using firecrackers... are not yet unified, causing difficulties for enforcement agencies.

From January 2015 to June 2017, Vinh City Police handled 21 cases, 26 defendants for trading and transporting prohibited goods, namely firecrackers. Photo: Document

However, the representative of the Vinh City Police Department also admitted that although the police investigation agency has always paid close attention to the investigation of crimes that violate economic management order, crimes related to specialized economic fields such as tax, speculation, securities, credit, land or cases of trading and manufacturing counterfeit goods have not been discovered and handled much.

From that reality, Vinh City Police proposed to the monitoring delegation to advise relevant levels and sectors to perfect the legal system related to crimes violating economic management order to be more suitable to reality.

Relevant agencies, departments and branches such as tax, specialized inspection... need to have coordination regulations in preventing and combating this type of crime.

Regarding the inconsistent related regulations as reported by Vinh City Police, Mr. Tran Van Mao - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation requested the unit to have a detailed report so that the delegation can report to relevant levels and sectors.

At the end of the meeting, Ms. Thai Thi An Chung requested Vinh City Police to strengthen leadership and direction in the investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of cases violating economic management order; focus on establishing a number of specialized projects and topics in this field to step up crime suppression; pay more attention to recommendations on investigation and handling of violations of economic management order in the area and in the field of responsibility...

Hoai Thu