A total of 710 people were charged with online crimes in the first nine months of 2017, up 80.7 percent year on year, China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Monday.
The procuratorate indicted 334 cases in the same period, an increase of 82.5 percent year on year, according to procuratorate spokesperson Wang Songmiao.
"Cyber crimes are increasingly organized and operated in groups, especially cyber gambling and fraud," Wang said.
"We have seen more and more forms of cyber crime, including cyber attacks, cyber fraud, cyber pornography, cyber gambling and so on. And crimes of infringement of personal information, online rumor-spreading, cyber blackmail, cyber terrorism and selling drugs online keep rising," Wang said.
Wang said the number of cyber crimes, including cross-border cybercrimes, would keep rising in the foreseeable future.
In order to tackle the problem, prosecution authorities will research the new features of online crime and adopt measures to control it.
The SPP will research several areas of cyber crime, including its definition, conviction standards and the verification of digital evidence.
"The SPP will, in joint effort with the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Public Security, formulate legal interpretations and guidelines. Relevant training will be strengthened to cultivate professionals in cyber crime," Wang said.
More effort will made to work with financial and telecommunications enterprises to crack down on online crime.
The SPP will increase international judicial assistance by creating systems to share information and conduct joint training. It will also coordinate with prosecutors in other countries on jurisdiction conflicts, arrests, extradition and transferring evidence.
