China Starts Campaign to Counter Outflow of Corruption Cash

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China started a campaign to stop the use of offshore companies to transfer the ill-gotten gains from corruption and bribery overseas.

The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, will join with four ministries including the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, to crack down on underground banks, offshore company accounts and other illegal means of transferring cash gained from corruption, according to a central bank statement today.