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Bank-card crime faces nationwide crackdown

THE People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Security would carry out a nationwide crackdown on bank-card crimes in 2010, the central bank said yesterday. The crackdown would last 10 months, starting... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Nov 18 2009

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