Research on 58 Crimes of Illegally Organizing Blood Trade in Beijing

  Objective  Summarize the characteristics of criminal cases of illegal blood trade, and provide a reference for combating such incidents.

  Methods  On November 18, 2020, the official website of Judgmental Documents of China was searched for judgmental documents about the crime of illegal organization of blood trade from 2013 to 2019 in Beijing with the keywords "Beijing" and "crime of blood trade by illegal organizations". The case data involved in the judgmental documents, including the criminal's personal information, judgment results, time and location of the crime, etc., were classified and summarized.

  Results  A total of 58 judgmental documents were retrieved about the crime of illegally organizing blood trade, involving 58 cases, 115 criminals, 638 people, and 13 600 mL of illegally traded blood. Among the 115 criminals, 99 were male (86.1%) and 16 were female (13.9%); the ages were 18 to 61 years old (with an average age of 33 years). Ten were sentenced to detention, suspended sentence and fined; 8 were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, suspended sentence and fined; 97 were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and fined. From 2013 to 2019, the frequency of blood-trading crime by illegal organizations in Beijing showed a trend of fluctuating and declining. Among them, there was a big rebound in 2015, with the highest frequency of cases (34.5%, 20/58), and the lowest frequency was in 2018 (0). Based on the statistics on the month in which the crime of blood trade happened, it was found that the frequency of cases was the highest (32.8%, 19/58) in January, followed by June (15.5%, 9/58) and there were no illegal blood trade in April and May. The 58 cases of illegal blood trade involved 8 urban areas in Beijing, of which Haidian District accounted for the highest proportion (62.1%, 36/58), followed by Fangshan District (22.4%, 13/58). About 55.2% (32/58) of the cases took place in hospitals, and 44.8% (26/58) in blood centers (including blood collection stations).

  Conclusions  From 2013 to 2019, the crime of blood trade by illegal organizations in Beijing showed a general downward trend. Summarizing the characteristics of the crime of blood trade by illegal organizations is helpful for accurate prevention of crime.