Operation Sky Net, commonly known as Skynet (天网) is a clandestine ^{[citation needed]} operation of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to apprehend Overseas Chinese it sees as fugitives guilty of financial crimes in Mainland China. The initiative was launched in 2015 to investigate offshore companies and underground banks that transfer money abroad.^[1][2][3] It has reportedly been consolidated with Operation Fox Hunt and returned around 10,000 fugitives to China in the last decade, including political dissidents and activists.^[4][5]

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Human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders highlighted methods used in Operation Sky Net, included the detention of fugitives' relatives in Mainland China, dispatching agents overseas to illegally intimidate the person in their overseas location, or kidnap them and return them to China.^[6] In some cases, authorities froze family assets or even threatened to take away their children.^{[7][8][9][10]}

• Operation Fox Hunt
• Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
• Chinese intelligence activity abroad
• Chinese information operations and information warfare
• Extraterritorial jurisdiction
• Hong Kong national security law
• Human rights in China
• Ministry of Public Security (China)
• Ministry of State Security (China)
• Political offences in China