Criminal activity on the rise as Shanghai port booms
The dark side to the incredible growth Shanghai port is experiencing is crime:
Recently, the driver of a container truck at a cargo port in Pudong knocked down a cyclist and fled. The cyclist died later in hospital. The driver was arrested and investigations revealed his driver’s and business licences were fake. He said he had never received driving lessons.
In another incident, two men, equipped with fake business licences, stole brass pipes worth more than US$23,000 they were supposed to deliver to Waigaoqiao Port.
With ports in the city getting busier, more crimes are being witnessed. Last year, Shanghai topped the world’s import-export cargo list and was the third largest container port.
In the first six months of this year, 103 people were arrested for 97 crimes relating to the ports, a 203.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
Fifty-two people were charged with trading in fake government documents, mostly business and driving licences, and 51 for the purchase and use of fake certificates.
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