More than 1,000 Chinese fugitives who fled abroad were returned to the country last year and more than $519 million in ill-gotten gains was recovered.
The party's anti-corruption watchdog said among the 1,335 returned were 307 party members or government employees, including five on a list of 100 most-wanted Chinese corruption suspects handed over to Interpol. China four-year-old campaign to return white collar criminals and recover assets has captured more than 5,000 fugitives in all.
The operation known as "Sky Net." The campaign is largely popular. Domestically, 621,000 people received punishments for corruption last year.
Along with detaining suspects, seizing assets, authority demolished 1,000 luxury villas built illegally in northern China's Qingling mountains, according to a recent documentary shown on state television.
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