ABSTRACT
Computer crime in Greater China is intertwined with transborder prostitution. In addition to an increase in cross-border crime, mainland visitors to Hong Kong were targeted by criminals. Transborder assassinations occasionally surfaced in Macao and Hong Kong. Before the Macao retrocession to China in December 1999, some Portuguese officials who were determined to fight organized crime became the targets of assassination. The Hong Kong police have not revealed cross-border statistics on computer crime. People’s Republic of China authorities were accused of tolerating electronic crimes that targeted German bank customers by sending them fake e-mails that requested their user names and passwords. In June 2004, the police in Macao and Zhuhai broke up a 32-member organized crime syndicate that produced counterfeit Hong Kong and Macao identity cards, Hong Kong’s home-return permits, and Taiwan’s identity documents. Cross-border commercial crime is common in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.
