Fourteen people were arrested for vice-related activities after police raided multiple locations in Singapore and Hong Kong over 17 days. The four men and 10 women, aged between 24 and 44, were nabbed during a cross-border operation between Nov 4 and Nov 20. In a...
Fourteen people were arrested for vice-related activities after police raided multiple locations in Singapore and Hong Kong over 17 days.
In a statement on Nov 21, the Singapore Police Force said that eight of the suspects were arrested for abetting vice and the remaining six were vice workers. During the operation in Singapore, a 33-year-old man, who allegedly operated an online vice syndicate, was arrested. Police are investigating three vice workers, aged between 24 and 31.Assistant Commissioner Yeo Yee Chuan, deputy director of the SPF’s Criminal Investigation Department, said that these syndicates use technology to facilitate their operations and extend their reach abroad.
Chief Superintendent Simon Kwan, who heads the Hong Kong Police Force’s organised crime and triad bureau, said that such cross-border operations reflect the authorities’ commitment to crack down on organised criminal groups, regardless of where they are based.
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