Crooks can run but they can't hide from the law in high-tech era: Cyber experts

A couple allegedly linked to a luxury goods scam, seen in a CCTV screengrab, was nabbed at a hotel in Johor Bahru. PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
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SINGAPORE - Some criminals and suspects try to elude the law here by absconding, using forged travel documents or altering the way they look.

But eventually most will be caught, former senior police officers as well as cyber and counter-terrorism sleuths told The Straits Times.

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