BIZCHINA / Weekly Roundup
Database on pyramid sellers
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-22 13:30
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) plans to set up a database of
people involved in pyramid selling schemes, in an effort to step up the
crackdown on this illegal activity.
The MPS and local police departments at all levels will work together to
collect data and information about organizers and core members, said
Zheng Shaodong, a senior police officer in charge of financial crimes, at
Wednesday's national conference on the issue held in Jinan, the capital
of Shandong Province, East China.
The State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) will also set up
a database on these criminals, and monitor and severely punish people
involved in illegal sales, according to SAIC Deputy Director Zhong
Youping.
The MPS official said pyramid sellers had had a very negative impact on
social stability. He said that some organizers had achieved psychological
mastery over members, violating the law and basic ethics by repeatedly
brainwashing them with distorted facts.
Pyramid selling groups are well organized and some operate under the
disguise of corporations or chain stores. Many of them do business on the
Internet or use other high-tech commercial methods.
MPS and SAIC have already launched a year-long campaign on pyramid
selling across China, mainly targeting organizations engaged in
recruiting students into the illegal business.
In the first eight months of the year, Chinese authorities investigated
2,441 pyramid selling cases, cutting off sources of illegal work for as
many as 420,000 people.
Compared to 2005, illegal sales activities are now better controlled in
most parts of the country. This year, the campaign will focus on Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Guangdong, Shandong and Henan provinces and
10 other regions, where pyramid selling has been particularly rampant,
according to the MPS official.
In 1998, the authorities banned pyramid selling schemes, or multi-level
marketing, but allowed direct-sales activities to continue in the
country. Since then, companies involved in direct selling have been
ordered to open shops.
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