A 50-year-old Singaporean fugitive wanted for drug trafficking was arrested in Thailand after months on the run. He was caught in a Bangkok hotel alongside two...
On 8 July, a 29-year-old Chinese man was jailed for 30 months for using stolen credit card data to buy over S$40,000 in mobile phones in...
Interpol warns that online scam centres using human trafficking and AI are spreading worldwide from Southeast Asia. Victims are forced to commit fraud under threat. UNODC...
A 25-year-old Malaysian man was jailed for 12 months and fined S$4,000 for arranging two Japanese women to work as prostitutes in Singapore, after taking over...
A total of 20 people were arrested during multi-agency enforcement operations in Geylang and Joo Chiat on 20 and 27 June 2025. Offences included drink-driving, providing...
Scammers pretending to be MAS officers have stolen over S$3 million from at least 46 victims since June 2025, using WhatsApp screen sharing to gain access...
Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was executed by hanging in Japan on 27 June 2025 for murdering and dismembering nine people in 2017. The...
Three Singaporeans and one Malaysian face the death penalty after being charged in Kuala Lumpur with trafficking cocaine hidden in vape pods worth RM7.29 million (S$2.2...
Sheng Siong temporarily suspended its PayNow cash withdrawal service after criminals exploited it for money laundering. The service was halted on 19 June and reinstated on...
A 21-year-old Indian national was charged in Singapore on 24 June with causing hurt by a dangerous weapon and criminal intimidation. He allegedly sublet an HDB...