Singapore, HK Police Cripple Syndicate in Joint Raid

Fraudsters cheated more than 400 victims in Hong Kong and Singapore out of nearly $4.9 million in job scams in 2021, but law enforcement agencies in both cities managed to close in on them, The Straits Times reported.

Between June 16 and 25 last year, in a joint operation codenamed Operation Plentyspring, the Singapore and Hong Kong police forces raided a number of premises.

Read the full report: The Straits Times.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.