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Operation Sky Net, commonly known as Skynet (天网) is a clandestine [citation needed] operation of the
Chinese Ministry of Public Security to apprehend
Overseas Chinese it sees as fugitives guilty of
financial crimes in
mainland China. The initiative was launched in 2015 to investigate offshore companies and underground banks that transfer money abroad.[1][2][3] It has reportedly been consolidated with
Operation Fox Hunt and returned around 10,000 fugitives to China in the last decade, including political dissidents and activists.[4][5]
Human rights violations
Human rights NGO
Safeguard Defenders highlighted methods used in Operation Sky Net, included the detention of fugitives' relatives in Mainland China, dispatching agents overseas to illegally intimidate the person in their overseas location, or kidnap them and return them to China.[6][7]
In some cases, authorities froze family assets or even threatened to take away their children.[8][9][10][11]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see
Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.