More than 100 fugitives have either been repatriated through legal channels or have returned to China of their own volition as a result of a special operation launched by the Supreme People's Procurator-ate in September 2014.

The former fugitives are allegedly involved in cases with an estimated economic value of 1.2 billion yuan ($185 million), according to an announcement by the top prosecuting department on Thursday.

Of the 108 suspects who returned from 29 countries and jurisdictions, 70 came back of their own volition and the rest have been caught by law enforcement bodies, the procuratorate said. It added that 31 have lived outside China for more than 10 years and seven have stayed outside China for more than 20 years.