Chinese police have nabbed at least 312 economic fugitives from 57 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, and Japan, and have confiscated some of their illegal assets since a crackdown in July on suspects fleeing overseas, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Among the fugitives netted in the six-month "Fox Hunt 2014" campaign, 146 were persuaded to return to confess their crimes. The police also brought back more than 80 economic fugitives from the US, Canada, Australia and Belgium to stand trial, ministry figures showed.

"Several suspects of financial crimes have been transferred to the prosecuting departments to face trial," Shi Lifang, a senior official from the ministry's economic crimes investigation bureau, told China Daily.