S'pore & Hong Kong police arrests 4 men & 10 women for vice-related activities in cross-border op

Four men and 10 women, aged 24 to 44, were arrested in a cross-border operation by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF).

Between Nov. 4 and 20, SPF and HKPF conducted raids at 13 locations in Singapore and Hong Kong, resulting in the arrest of eight vice abettors and six vice workers.

During the operation in Singapore, a 33-year-old man was arrested under the Women's Charter 1961 for allegedly operating an online vice syndicate.

Investigations against three other vice workers aged between 24 and 31 are ongoing.

If found guilty, any person who knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earning of the prostitution of another person can be jailed for up to seven years and fined up to S$100,000.

Any person in or outside Singapore who uses remote communication services with a Singapore link that offers or facilitates the provision of a woman or girl to another person for sexual services in Singapore in return for payment or reward and is convicted will face a fine of up to S$100,000 or jailed for up to five years.

Yeo Yee Chuan, deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department of SPF, expressed his appreciation to all SPF and HKPF officers involved in the operation for their professionalism and excellent teamwork.

"The anti-vice operations are part of police's ongoing efforts to keep Singapore safe and secure," he said.

"Vice syndicates leverage technology to facilitate their operations and extended their reach across national borders."

The head of Organised Crime and the Triad Bureau of HKPF also expressed his appreciation for SPF's collaborative effort in the operation.

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