In an office in the central bank building, a cadre in his forties was sitting on the sofa, quietly waiting for the leader to see the materials he had just presented.

"The main methods of art money laundering include black money laundering, corruption-based money laundering, and related money laundering. These money launderers use the black money in their hands to buy large amounts of art or build art museums, and sell the art in their hands at a sky-high price through auction companies, and then arrange people to join forces to make a plan..."

"The reasons for using art to launder money include immigration, profit-making, fraud, bribery, etc. Because the price and value judgment of artworks lack an authoritative evaluation system, artworks become a good choice for asset transfer. What's more, colluding with some auction houses in overseas such as Japan and Europe to form a unified strategic operation model, even a bad work of art can be operated from low prices to high prices."

Seeing this, the gray-haired leader couldn't help but look up: "It's interesting, I'll give an example."

Ding Xingli couldn't help asking: "Governor Cao, are you talking about the return of overseas cultural relics mentioned in the materials?"

"Eye-opening!"

Deputy Governor Cao put down the materials and said expressionlessly: "A painting, even if it may be considered a fake painting when included in the auction house, if it is operated properly and if overseas institutions cooperate, it can be completely shot from Europe to Singapore and then Hong Kong, making up a story like a bottle of wine.

For example, during the Opium War, a general from a Eight-Nation Alliance took the painting to Europe, and then a private collector collected it for 5 million yuan. This story has been spread all the time, and the ultimate goal is that we in China, and it may eventually be sold at a price of dozens or even hundreds of times the original price. A fake painting completed its "butterfly transformation" process, which not only transferred assets overseas, but also won the reputation of "returning overseas cultural relics."

"The problem is serious and the situation is serious, so the State Council requires us to take necessary measures."

"Well, you can't delay any more. This material is interesting. It can be seen that comrades have some research on money laundering, especially money laundering for art. If you take the lead in taking responsibility for the specific work, can you transfer him to it?"

"Governor Cao, he is not a person from our system."

"No, then how could you have this material?" Deputy President Cao was surprised.

Ding Xingli sat upright and explained with a smile: "Han Bo is a public security officer. He found out the Donghua tax case back then. Later, he was transferred to the Public Security University to teach, and later transferred to the grassroots level. He worked with us five years ago and destroyed several underground money houses. Later, he was sent by the Ministry of Public Security to work as a police liaison officer in South Africa for four years. Now he is on duty in the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau and serves as deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau.

Some time ago, he cracked a murder case. In order to make huge profits, two vicious suspects brutally killed a painter and tried to hype the painter's works. During the process of solving the case, they found that the money laundering of art works was serious. He sorted out some of the things he knew and learned from the former head of the Hong Kong Joint Wealth Intelligence Group and sent it to me.

He didn't know that the State Council had noticed that the art market was extremely abnormal, and he didn't know that the central government had ordered relevant departments to study measures. He just wanted to remind me that we had worked together before and knew that I was in charge of something."

Next, we will not only crack down on money laundering in art, but also curb the chaos in the art market.

This involves the cultural authorities, the cultural and artistic circles, the entire auction industry, and tangible interests. Although the People's Bank of China is the competent authority for anti-money laundering, this work is not the business of the People's Bank of China.

Regarding anti-money laundering, at the national level, there are 23 departments including the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission. Several cities with independent planning status, including provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and Shenzhen Zheng, have also established corresponding contact meeting systems.

Deputy President Cao weighed the matter and picked up the materials again and said, "The next work is inseparable from the assistance of the public security. People who are not from our system can be transferred."

Next, we will "start a big kill" in the chaotic art market, and Ding Xingli of course wants a "good knife".

But if it were an ordinary deputy bureau-level cadre, of course there was no problem. He could directly coordinate with the Dongguang Provincial Public Security Department and the Shenzheng Municipal Public Security Bureau. However, Han Bo is not an ordinary deputy bureau-level cadre. He smiled wryly and said: "Governor Cao, Comrade Han Bo is on duty in Shenzhen, and his work relationship is in the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. Not only did he just go to Shenzhen to work, but he also took on the task of fighting gangs. I'm afraid I don't have enough weight to draw deputy bureau-level cadres like him."

"There are too few public security personnel who know how to behave. I will coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security."

"Thank you, President Cao."

...

Han Bo, who was busy, didn't know a kind reminder, which actually brought himself into the eyes of the central bank leaders.

At 3 pm on January 7, I was about to go to the Luohu Branch to deploy a arrest operation. The Municipal Bureau Office called and asked me to temporarily hand over the matter at hand to someone else and go to the Municipal Bureau for a meeting immediately.

When I arrived at the municipal bureau, several conference rooms were empty and there was no sign of meetings.

Just inexplicably, Secretary Chen ran out and invited him into the director's office.

"Director of the Customs...Director Ding is here, why are you here at the Customs Bureau?" Seeing that his old friend was chatting and laughing with the Customs Bureau, Han Bo was stunned for a moment.

"Follow the way, follow the way." Ding Xingli smiled slightly and stood up to greet him.

The Bureau of Justice is not that enthusiastic about his subordinates.

More importantly, this uninvited guest from Beijing is poaching, and the anti-gang work is progressing smoothly. How can we change players at this critical moment? But the people are too big, and the provincial and municipal leaders have greeted each other, so they can only bite the bullet and receive them.

"Xiao Han, I'm wrong with the title, not Director Ding, but Director Ding."

"Oh, I really don't know, Director Ding, congratulations."

"Old friend, don't be so polite. Do you want me to congratulate you too?"

The head of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was busy with all kinds of things. Ding Xingli didn't want to waste too much time on Guanju. He sat back on his original position and asked with great interest: "Han Bo, in fact, today is not just a walk, but also wants to take this opportunity to borrow Director Guan's treasure land to ask you for advice on the problems in art money laundering and even the entire art market in recent years. The material was only a dozen pages, and I was still unwilling to finish it. I wanted to learn more and not hide my own private parts."

For this, it is a good thing to pay attention to money laundering for art, but how to choose this occasion in this way.

The Bureau of Customs is very serious. It seems that this is work. The next step is not to chat, but to report.

Han Bo didn't understand why, so he quickly sorted out his ideas and talked about them.

"Report to the Bureau of Customs and Director Ding, during the investigation of the case on 2011.10.25, due to the investigation needs, I consulted many experts and industry insiders, and learned about art investment, collection and even art auctions, and found some very coincidental factors.

In 2004, our China established a department to combat money laundering, and by 2006, the Anti-Money Laundering Law was issued, which happened to be the price of artworks in this time period. It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of a large number of money laundering that the price of artworks has increased, and it also brought a very fatal and dangerous bubble to the artwork market."

"Comrade Han Bo, how did they launder money through art?"

"There are roughly three types. The first type is to launder black money. If you are an executive of a company and have gray income, then the person who launders money for art can help you operate, spend two or three million to buy some paintings. After buying them, they will increase the price of these artworks by dozens to hundreds of times. In the past two or three years, through auction companies, hundreds of thousands can be turned into tens of millions, and some can reach tens of millions. Although the money for buying paintings is your own, through this operation, your money will be laundered."

"Sell with the left hand, buy with the right hand?"

"almost."

Han Bo nodded slightly and then said, "The second type is embezzlement money laundering. For example, if he is an executive of a company, he can set up an art investment institution under the group. Through people who are specifically responsible for money laundering, he puts some paintings on the market. It was originally worth only 100,000 yuan, and bought it for millions. He used state-owned funds to buy one or two hundred paintings. If the original market value was 30 million, you could buy it for one or one billion yuan. The difference between the price actually fell into the personal pocket."

It turned out that the case was so great, and the Bureau of Civil Affairs lit up. I suddenly found that since the corner of the wall was inevitably dug, it could handle or assist the central bank in investigating one or two major cases involving money laundering for art. I couldn't help but ask: "What about the third type?"

"The third type is related to money laundering, similar to the stock market's rat trading. For example, we have many paintings by Qi Baishi in our hands. If you buy one of them, I buy one of you. After the price is raised, all the paintings in our hands will be valued, achieving a sky-high price effect."

It is rare to have the opportunity to report the situation to the central bank leaders in charge of anti-money laundering, and Han Bo couldn't stop it as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I summarize the art market into four markets, including money laundering market, gift market, collection market and consumer market. The consumer market should be the only one without bubbles, but the domestic consumer market has not been truly cultivated. For most people at present, they cannot afford art.

The art system is a social public interest system in Europe and the United States. It is not a system of capital money laundering like China. That is to say, the West regards it as a concept of sponsoring art and sponsoring artists, rather than becoming another capital market, not a concept of gambling.”

Han Bo sighed and said worriedly: "At the beginning, I was worried about the capitalization and financialization of art. As I learned more, I found that it had been capitalized and financialized. It has been extended from the original collector, overseas auction house to art brokers, contemporary art promoters, domestic auction houses, and even art financial capital such as art funds and art trusts. Some financial institutions, including banks, are following the speculation."

"Xiao Han, do you mean that the art market is very popular now, with huge bubbles and financial risks?" Guanju asked in a low voice.

"The Bureau of Customs, in 2009, the British Times surveyed 1.4 million questionnaires to survey the world's art masters in the 20th century. Among the 200 art masters selected, none of us in China was selected, and there were 4 in Japan. Chinese artists were basically unfamiliar, and almost no one knew about them when they went abroad.

However, some Chinese artists are worth more than those world-recognized art masters, even more than ten times higher. Dali's works are only tens of millions of yuan per piece, and the price of his more important works is the price, while Chinese artists are always hundreds of millions of yuan, which is unreasonable. This is like a Chinese singer who has no popularity, but his net worth is higher than Michael Jackson. This is impossible!"

As soon as an expert opens his mouth, he will know if there is any.

He is both familiar with inside information, proficient in law, and has experience in handling cases. With him joining, the next work will undoubtedly be much easier to carry out.

This trip was not in vain. Ding Xingli was in great pleasure. He looked at Director Guan and said, "Director Guan, I'm right, I'm looking for Han Bo."

What does Han Bo mean?

The Bureau of Customs lit a cigarette, looked at Han Bo, and then looked at the uninvited guests, saying with a smile: "Director Ding, although I don't know Comrade Han Bo about this, I also know that the art market is small and not big. Looking at the whole country, isn't it concentrated in Beijing, Donghai and us? By the way, there is Hong Kong!"

“It’s true.”

"Since the superior has instructions, our municipal bureau will definitely assist. Even if the superior has not instructed us, we still need to assist. However, Comrade Han Bo is really unable to get away now. He is not only the head of the task force responsible for the city's anti-gang work, but also the deputy director of the Municipal 'Three Anti-gang Office'. If he leaves, who can take over the anti-gang work in a short time can only take care of both the two and the two in Shenzhen."

"Director Guan, we President Cao have coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security."

"I know that the leaders of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry have called me personally, but the grassroots level has difficulties, and the anti-gang work has certain special features. I am not afraid of Director Ding's joke. There are five or six department-level cadres in our public security system alone who were dismissed for suspected of serving as protective umbrellas for criminal gangs. I don't know how to investigate the case to a strict confidentiality, and I don't know many situations."

Han Bo finally realized the true intention of his old friend, and was immediately amused and laughed.

Director Guan made up his mind and patted him on his arm: "Director Ding, if you don't believe it, you can ask Xiao Han! Our Party Committee has a clear attitude and can only take care of it. Considering that the anti-money laundering work is difficult, our municipal bureau can not only let Comrade Han Bo take care of it, but also let Comrade Han Bo help you, but also order the Economic Investigation Detachment to assist you with all his strength."

Without the assistance of the public security or procuratorate, anti-money laundering work cannot be carried out by the People's Bank of China alone.

Ding Xingli has been responsible for anti-money laundering for a long time and has dealt with the public security a lot. How could he not guess what the Bureau of Guandao is doing? He is also happy to give this favor, but he still smiled bitterly: "Director Guan, it's not to hide it. We ask Comrade Han Bo to assist in the investigation, and it is not our People's Bank of China leaders who assigned this task, but higher-level leaders. What you said is that I, a small director, cannot make the decision, but you can fight with your Ministry of Public Security."

Higher level!
Chapter completed!