The 10 foreigners Singapore police arrested last week in a massive anti-money laundering operation were citizens of countries including China, Vanuatu, Cyprus, Türkiye and Cambodia. But it's since emerged they were all originally from the same place.
abc.net.au/news/singapore-money-laundering-case-citizenships-passports/102767474The 10 foreigners Singapore police arrested last week in a billion-dollar money laundering case were reported at the time to be citizens from a range of countries including China, Vanuatu, Cyprus, Türkiye and Cambodia.
The foreigners arrested were aged between 31 and 44, including a 40-year-old Cypriot national who jumped out of the second-floor balcony of his bungalow and was found hiding in a drain.Police seized a large number of luxury cars from the accused money launderers' premises. "Our message to these criminals is simple — if we catch you, we will arrest you. If we find your ill-gotten gains, we will seize them. We will deal with you to the fullest extent of our laws," he said.Isn't Singapore supposed to be 'squeaky clean'?
"Singapore offers criminals, crooks and kleptocrats one of the world's top secrecy jurisdictions to stash their illicit finances and proceeds from crime," Mr Moore said.
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