Also: Banks in Singapore begin sharing data to combat financial crime This will better arm the police to protect targeted victims of ongoing scams who refuse to believe they are being scammed ...

SINGAPORE: In cases where potential scam victims refuse to believe they have been targeted and still insist on transferring money out, the police could be empowered to block such transfers.

Singapore police may soon have powers to stop people from transferring money to suspected scammers, in what could be the first such law in the world. If passed, it will be used as a last resort on ...

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)— A Roman Catholic priest was stabbed while saying mass inside a church in Singapore on Saturday, police said, but added they did not think it was an act of terrorism.

A Roman Catholic priest was stabbed while saying mass inside a church in Singapore on Saturday, police said, but added they did not think it was an act of terrorism. The priest was sent to ...

With the Protection from Scams Bill introduced in Parliament on Nov 11, Singapore may soon be the first in the world to give the police powers to control the bank accounts of stubborn scam victims ...

SINGAPORE: A collaboration between the police and five banks thwarted over 1,338 scams in progress between Sept 1 and Oct 31, preventing potential victims from losing more than S$53 million in all.

The Anti-Scam Centre (ASC) of the Singapore Police Force has worked together with 5 banks to foil 1,338 ongoing scams, and this collaboration has “averted potential financial losses of more than ...

SINGAPORE – Fifteen people, between 19 and 63 years of age, were arrested following an enforcement operation against errant public entertainment outlets on Nov 8 in Joo Chiat, said the police.

SINGAPORE’S police will be able to issue restriction orders limiting banking transactions by individuals who are at risk of falling victim to scams, if a new Bill is passed. The Protection from Scams ...

SINGAPORE — A man believed to be holding a weapon was shot in the arm by a police officer in Pasir Ris Park on Friday (Nov 8). According to Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, the incident happened at ...