Police say they’ve established a dedicated team to track down 18 Chinese fugitives believed to be hiding in South Africa.

This follows the extradition of 63-year-old Chen Fujia, who left the OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, on Friday morning.

VIDEO | Chinese national to be extradited for defrauding his govt:

The man, who had been in hiding in South Africa since 2021, is accused of defrauding the Chinese government of R120 million.

#sapsHQ #SAPS Interpol has handed over 63yr-old Fujia Chen to a Chinese delegation. The Chinese National is being extradited back to China for fraud. He allegedly defrauded the Chinese government R120 MIL for running an unregistered foreign currency exchange business. He fled to… pic.twitter.com/er28Ncy834

— SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) January 30, 2026

National police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says, “We have set up a team to look into where those 18 are and where they are hiding in the country. Eleven of them are on Red notices. It’s quite worrying that we have people that see South as a destination or a place where they can hide from their criminal activities, but what is also encouraging is that we are also able to trace them, locate them and arrest them and hand them over.”

She says that from April 1, 2024, they have handed over 20 fugitives from South Africa to other countries and about 8 were extradited back into the country.

VIDEO | Extradition of Chinese national underway at OR Tambo Airport:

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