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Spain deports 94 Taiwanese to Beijing for telecom fraud

The suspects were picked up in December 2016 in joint raids, dubbed “Operation Great Wall”

Ninety-four people from Taiwan landed in Beijing on Friday after being deported from Spain as part of a joint operation against telecom fraud launched three years ago, the Chinese police ministry said in a statement.

The suspects were picked up in December 2016 in joint raids, dubbed “Operation Great Wall”, across Spain by Chinese and Spanish police, it said.

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