根据联合国贸发会议秘书处的统计,从70年代后期以来,在世界范围内平均每月有三次国际诈骗案件发生,年贸易额损失达130亿美元。国际不法分子的诈骗行为,严重地破坏了正常的国际商务秩序,造成巨额贸易损失,激起国际经贸界的极大愤概。鉴此,联合国上述机构曾经先后两次在日内瓦召开研讨国际诈骗的会议。但由于意见分歧,未能达成打击国际诈骗的任何协议。有的国家、地区虽然强化过关于惩处诈骗的法规,但由于国际诈骗是在两个国家和地区之内进行的,而各国、各地区的法律独立自 According to the statistics of the UNCTAD secretariat, from the late 1970s onwards, there have been an average of three cases of international fraud per month in the world, with an annual trade loss of 13 billion U.S. dollars. Fraudulent activities by international criminals have seriously damaged normal international business order, caused huge trade losses and aroused great indignation in the international economic and trade circles. In view of this, the above-mentioned United Nations agencies have twice successively held meetings in Geneva to discuss international fraud. However, due to disagreement, it failed to reach any agreement to crack down on international fraud. Although some countries and regions have strengthened their laws and regulations on punishing fraud, since international fraud is carried out in two countries and regions, the laws of various countries and regions are independent from