195 arrested for vice-related activities in islandwide raids
Mobile phones, computers, vice-related paraphernalia and cash worth over $150,000 were seized during the raids.
A total of 195 people have been arrested across Singapore for involvement in vice-related activities during a police operation between September 14 and October 30, according to the Straits Times. The arrested individuals, aged between 18 and 63, were charged under various acts such as the Women’s Charter 1961, Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990, Gambling Control Act 2022, and Penal Code 1871.
Among the arrests were 16 vice abettors, and law enforcement seized mobile phones, computers, vice-related paraphernalia, and cash exceeding $150,000. Bank accounts containing more than $600,000 were also frozen. Investigations into the remaining arrested individuals are ongoing. The police emphasized that vice syndicates often have links to other criminal activities and warned that their use of technology and cross-border operations necessitate intensified enforcement efforts.
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