{"id":777005034,"date":"2023-05-09T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005034"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:09:11","slug":"singapore-8-to-be-charged-over-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-8-to-be-charged-over-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Singapore: 8 to be charged over alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore police are to charge six men and two women for remote gambling, corruption and organised crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- Police in Singapore are to charge eight people who were allegedly involved in various illegal activities, including remote gambling. The <strong>six men and two women<\/strong>, aged between 37 and 66, were initially<strong> arrested in September 2020 <\/strong>as part of an operation against crime syndicate<strong>s<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six of the eight individuals were charged on Sepember 8, 2020, for offences related to remote gambling. Two of the men face further charges under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Offences (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 (CDSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Organised Crime Act 2015 (OCA) <\/strong>makes involvement in organised crime groups a punishable offence. Individuals convicted of being or acting as a member of a locally-linked organised crime group can be jailed for up to five years, fined up to S$100,000, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the CDSA imposes penalties on anyone who converts or transfers any benefits from criminal conduct or removes it from jurisdiction. The penalties include a fine of up to S$500,000, a jail term of up to 10 years, or both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-110-investigated-for-vice-gambling-and-unlicensed-moneylending\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police reported<\/a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<strong>110 suspects are under investigation<\/strong>&nbsp;following a crackdown on vice, gambling, and unlicensed moneylending. Law enforcement officers from the Tanglin Police Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Health Sciences Authority carried out a joint operation between April 26 and 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers seized cash, computers, electronic hardware, e-vaporisers, and gambling paraphernalia. Those arrested, aged between 17 to 70 years old, are suspected for various illicit activities, including vice and unlawful gambling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore police are to charge six men and two women for remote gambling, corruption and organised crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Singaporean authorities have charged eight individuals, initially arrested in 2020, for offences related to remote gambling, corruption, and organised crime under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Offences (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 (CDSA) and the Organised Crime Act 2015 (OCA). This enforcement action follows a broader crackdown on illicit activities, including vice and unlawful gambling, involving 110 suspects and multiple law enforcement agencies.","focusai_entities":"Singapore Police, Tanglin Police Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Health Sciences Authority","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How do these enforcement actions against illicit remote gambling operations in Singapore impact the competitive landscape and regulatory scrutiny for legitimate, licensed iGaming operators in the region?"},{"label":"CDSA\/OCA Enforcement Trends?","query":"What are the observable trends in the application of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Offences Act (CDSA) and Organised Crime Act (OCA) against iGaming-related illicit activities in Singapore?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777005034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005034","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777005034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005040,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005034\/revisions\/777005040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}