Singapore Raids

Singapore said it was expecting more arrests and seizures as the Asian financial hub investigates one of its biggest cases of suspected money laundering, in which the value of assets seized now stands at S$2.8 billion ($2 billion).

An Indian-origin man who punched and kicked a police officer during a raid was sentenced to a total of nine years and 18 months' jail and fined SGD4,000 on Monday.

DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka minister raided on Wednesday by taxmen, had been under observation for three months, top government sources have said. Around Rs 10 crore in cash was found after raids at 60 places linked to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi; searches were carried out again at his residence in Bengaluru and at other locations this mor...

Kento Momota and fellow offender Kenichi Tago face being booted off Japan's Rio Olympic team after placing bets at an underground casino which was raided by police last year

Malaysian police raided the office of troubled state investment fund 1MDB on today, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib Razak's bank account.

Four persons of Indian origin who staged a fake police raid to rob three Indian nationals of more than Singapore Dollar (SGD) 1.3 million in a major gang robbery incident in 2012, have been jailed for up to 10-and-a-half years.

Malaysian police have arrested almost 200 people in raids on illegal World Cup betting that bust a group drawing daily wagers of $2.3 million, an official said Friday, after similar crackdowns in Macau, Singapore and Thailand.

In the biggest ever disclosure of black money stashed abroad, a Delhi-based businessman has admitted undisclosed income of Rs 73 crore to the Income Tax department and also gave details of secret lockers held in banks in Switzerland, Singapore and the US.

Singapore said it was expecting more arrests and seizures as the Asian financial hub investigates one of its biggest cases of suspected money laundering, in which the value of assets seized now stands at S$2.8 billion ($2 billion).

An Indian-origin man who punched and kicked a police officer during a raid was sentenced to a total of nine years and 18 months' jail and fined SGD4,000 on Monday.

DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka minister raided on Wednesday by taxmen, had been under observation for three months, top government sources have said. Around Rs 10 crore in cash was found after raids at 60 places linked to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi; searches were carried out again at his residence in Bengaluru and at other locations this mor...

Kento Momota and fellow offender Kenichi Tago face being booted off Japan's Rio Olympic team after placing bets at an underground casino which was raided by police last year

Malaysian police raided the office of troubled state investment fund 1MDB on today, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib Razak's bank account.

Four persons of Indian origin who staged a fake police raid to rob three Indian nationals of more than Singapore Dollar (SGD) 1.3 million in a major gang robbery incident in 2012, have been jailed for up to 10-and-a-half years.

Malaysian police have arrested almost 200 people in raids on illegal World Cup betting that bust a group drawing daily wagers of $2.3 million, an official said Friday, after similar crackdowns in Macau, Singapore and Thailand.

In the biggest ever disclosure of black money stashed abroad, a Delhi-based businessman has admitted undisclosed income of Rs 73 crore to the Income Tax department and also gave details of secret lockers held in banks in Switzerland, Singapore and the US.