China anti-gang drive cracks 900 major organized crime cases

BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Chinese media) -- Chinese police have cracked nearly 900

mafia-like criminal gangs under a campaign launched in February 2006, the

Ministry of Public Security said here Tuesday.

Some 13,000 gangs were broken up and nearly 100,000 criminal cases in all

were cracked during the past three years, a ministry spokesman said.

The ministry has honored nearly 100 organizations and individuals for their

work in the campaign.