THE CHINA NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU of the International Criminal Police Organization recently released a list of its 100 most-wanted worldwide, all of whom are suspected of economic crimes. The move is part of "Sky Net", a campaign aimed at repatriating corrupt officials that fled overseas. Comments:

The wanted list is issued by Interpol and its procedures are different from judicial coordination between states. With the release of the wanted list, the police in nations that have not signed repatriation treaties with Beijing can take actions against these Chinese fugitives via coordination with Interpol, thus further helping China. This has sounded an alarm to corrupt officials on the run overseas - even the safe havens will be dangerous for them.

Beijing News, April 23