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Billion-dollar money laundering and the dirty money problem for Singapore

It’s a cat-and-mouse game to sieve out illicit finance and money laundering.

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The reality is that money laundering and terrorism financing can severely impact Singapore’s reputation as a financial hub.

The reality is that money laundering and terrorism financing can severely impact Singapore’s reputation as a financial hub.

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Woo Jun Jie

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A recent raid resulted in the

arrest of 10 foreign nationals for forgery and money laundering

and the seizure of $1 billion in cash and assets, in what is now

one of Singapore’s biggest money laundering sting operations.

 

Aside from more conventional assets such as

cash, cars, properties and luxury items

, 11 documents with information on virtual assets were also seized.

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