Policing Cross-Border Crimes between China and Hong Kong - A Preliminary Assessment

Policing Cross-Border Crimes between China and Hong Kong

  This article is a first attempt to investigate into Hong Kong Police (HKP) and Public Security Bureau (PSB) cooperative practices in dealing with cross-border crimes penetrating the two jurisdictions, in the backdrop of “one country two systems” political settlement. The article begins by observing that despite growing cross-border crimes between People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), these two jurisdictions have failed to develop a framework of cooperation. However, in spite of the lack of formal agreement, the PSB and HKP have been working closely together to deal with cross-border crimes through official INTERPOL and other unofficial channels. The article closed by observing that in order to effectively control cross-border criminality PSB and HKP must learn to work more cooperatively with each other.