{"id":16284,"date":"2021-03-26T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16284"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:49:12","slug":"singapore-six-charged-over-illegal-gambling-syndicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-six-charged-over-illegal-gambling-syndicate","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: six charged over illegal gambling syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The six charged are among 66 people who have been arrested since October 2018 for connections with criminal syndicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- <strong>Six men <\/strong>have appeared in court <strong>charged over alleged involvement in an illegal gambling syndicate. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men are accused of having been members of an <strong>organised criminal group that managed an illegal gambling den<\/strong>. All faced gambling-related charges, but some are also accused of drug trafficking and other crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are <strong>among 66 people who have been arrested since October 2018<\/strong>, when the Singapore police force launched a nationwide crackdown on criminal syndicates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police said in a statement: &#8220;This is the fourth organised criminal group identified for prosecution for various offences under the Organised Crime\u00a0Act (OCA), which came into force on June 1, 2016.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The OCA states that those who are found guilty of being part of an organised criminal group can face jail sentences of up to <strong>five years and be fined up to US$100,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Singapore&#8217;s legal casino activities continue to suffer due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<strong> <\/strong>Singapore is <strong>in talks with Australia on <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-in-talks-with-australia-on-relaxing-travel-ban\" target=\"_blank\">easing travel restrictions<\/a><\/em> between the two countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bid to\u00a0<strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-casinos-see-huge-drop-in-local-visitation\" target=\"_blank\">boost visitation<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0while travel restrictions remain in place,\u00a0<strong>Resorts World <strong>Sentosa<\/strong> also launched staycation packages for Singapore residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six charged are among 66 people who have been arrested since October 2018 for connections with criminal syndicates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Six individuals have been charged in Singapore for alleged involvement in an illegal gambling syndicate, part of a broader crackdown that has seen 66 arrests since 2018 under the Organised Crime Act. This enforcement action underscores Singapore's commitment to combating illicit gaming operations. Concurrently, the nation's legal casino sector, including Resorts World Sentosa, continues to face pandemic-related challenges, prompting discussions on easing international travel restrictions.","focusai_entities":"Singapore police force, Organised Crime Act, Resorts World Sentosa","focusai_location":"Singapore, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Legal GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of sustained enforcement against illegal gambling syndicates on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed casino operators in Singapore?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How is the Organised Crime Act (OCA) demonstrating its effectiveness in deterring and prosecuting large-scale illegal gambling operations, and what further legislative amendments might be considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-16284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16293,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions\/16293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}