BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities Thursday made public 10 typical cases of pornography and illegal publications that were cracked by police in 2019.
The cases involved the illegal publication and online spreading of erotic content, infringement upon minors' rights and interests, racketeering by fake journalists and piracy, among other crimes, according to the National Office for the Fight Against Pornography and Illegal Publications.
In one of the cases detailed by the authorities, police in Shaoxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, confiscated over 20,000 copies of illegal publications. The suspect in the case had sold around 6,300 such copies through an online auction platform since 2016, involving 1.3 million yuan (about 187,100 U.S. dollars).
In another case, police in the city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province busted a gang of eight members who operated torrent sites for downloading pornographic materials for profit. A total of 1,168 related websites were shut down, with over 24 million yuan involved.
Official figures showed that more than 11,000 related cases were investigated nationwide last year, including over 1,600 criminal cases where around 3,600 people faced criminal penalties.
