Chapter 113: Woodworms (2)
...Just as Sun Liang and his party sat down in the interrogation room, the police from the detention center brought in the criminal suspect, Yi Min, the former head of a department of Huacheng Customs.
The former section chief was wearing a prison uniform and had his hair cut very short. He looked listless and listless.
He was tall, about 1.80 meters, slightly overweight, with a noticeable protruding belly. He had thick eyebrows, a fleshy nose, thick lips, and protruding ears...
The police took him to a chair, locked it, and left.
"We are from the First Brigade of the Huacheng Criminal Police. We are interrogating you today to ask you to honestly confess your actions in smuggling banned goods for xx Import and Export Co., Ltd. in the past few years..." Sun Liang first briefly introduced the purpose of interrogating Yi Min.
"Okay. As long as I know, I will cooperate with the government and tell the truth." Yi Min lowered his head, his attitude appearing very humble.
Once upon a time, the head of this key customs department led the entire department in releasing smuggled goods and accepting bribes crazily, which led to reports from many people and businesses. Now, after being arrested, he has completely become honest. Seeing Yi Min's embarrassed state, Sun Liang couldn't help but think to himself.
"Name." Shi asked.
"Yi Min." Yi Min replied.
"Original position. Time question.
"Head of Section X of Huacheng Customs." Yi Min replied...
Yesterday, Director Li Li had explained to him over the phone the corrupt practices of these corrupt officials. Afterward, Sun Liang contacted his old classmates and learned in detail about the corruption and bribery practices of Yi Min and his subordinates.
One weekend before the Spring Festival this year, the Huacheng Procuratorate conducted a surprise search of the X Section Office of Huacheng Customs based on real-name reports from multiple members of the public.
After searching several drawers of the department's staff, the procuratorate found many envelopes filled with money and seized over one million yuan in cash on the spot...
Millions of RMB were packed into dozens of envelopes... Each envelope bore the bribe recipient's name and the amount, along with a note detailing the briber's name, the date and number of smuggling incidents, and the items confiscated. This surprise raid uncovered a shocking level of corruption among a small number of customs officials.
Over the years, the Huacheng Procuratorate has received reports from the public every year, many of which focus on the x department of Huacheng Customs.
To avoid alerting the suspects, the procuratorate first contacted the relevant personnel based on the report letter to understand the situation, conducted a thorough investigation, and used big data to identify suspicious mobile phone numbers and secretly track the movements of the bribe-takers.
After nearly a year of arduous tracking and investigation, the procuratorate's special task force collected a large amount of valuable information and figured out the patterns of smuggling and bribery...
Therefore, before the Spring Festival this year, the Procuratorate organized relevant personnel to conduct a surprise search of the Customs' x Department and obtained key evidence to solve the case in one fell swoop.
The investigation revealed that the head and deputy head of Section X conspired to coordinate customs clearance operations, designating specific contacts to collect bribes from smugglers. Each officer involved in the clearance process was paid bribes based on workload and level of responsibility. This tightly linked corrupt customs officers and smugglers, creating a "corrupt community of interests." Specifically, the head of the section gave the go-ahead and arranged the smuggling; the deputy head provided specific management and oversight. After the on-duty officers inspected and cleared the smugglers, all participants shared in the profits.
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