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Officials fleeing to other countries in new ways

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Chinanews, Beijing, June 21 – China conducts more international exchanges with the rest of the world now. As transportation facilities improve, people travel more frequently than before. with this social background, it is even easier for corrupt¹ officials to flee to other countries. There are some new changes in the way that officials flee to other countries, the Liaowang Weekly magazine reported.

The first way is that some corrupt officials launder² their money before they go abroad. Corrupt officials, such as Yu Zhendong in Guangdong, Yang Xiuzhu in Zhejiang, Gao Shan in Heilongjiang, etc, had all transferred their illicit³ money before they fled. Gao Shan, former head of the Bank of China’s branch office in Hesong Road, had transferred, on several occasions, all the illicit money into his bank account in Canada before he finally moved to Canada. He even came back to China to transfer the last sum of the illicit money after he obtained the permanent residence card for Canada. The way he committed crimes was well-concealed.

Some companies transfer the illicit money abroad in the name of buying equipment in another country. Crimes like this often occur in some state-owned companies.

Secondly⁴, many corrupt officials commit more than one crime. Since large sums of money are involved in these money laundering⁵ crimes, most officials commit several crimes, such as taking bribes⁶, misappropriating funds, or even fraud.

Thirdly, in the past, it was often the case that officials committed the crime on their own. In recent years, however, a single case usually involves many people.

Fourthly, some officials made careful plans before fleeing to other countries. Gao Shan, for example, had visited Canada for 18 times before he committed the crimes. Under the pretext⁷ of making a fact-finding tour of a foreign country, he took the opportunity to get more information about that country before he fled.

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1 corrupt
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。 This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

2 launder
v.洗涤；洗黑钱（把来路可疑的钱弄得似乎合法）
参考例句：
She wore a freshly laundered and starched white shirt.她穿一件刚刚浆洗熨烫过的白色衬衣。 The gang launders the steal money through their chain of restaurants.这帮匪徒通过他们的连锁饭店洗赃款。

3 illicit
adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的
参考例句：
He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。 Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

4 secondly
adv.第二，其次
参考例句：
Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。 Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

5 laundering
n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）
参考例句：
Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。来自《简明英汉词典》 He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bribes
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。 corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

7 pretext
n.借口，托词
参考例句：
He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。 He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。

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