SINGAPORE – Anti-scam outfits should be established in different countries to fight transnational scam syndicates and recover proceeds that have been transferred across borders.
Speaking at the opening of the Regional Anti-Scam Conference 2023 at the Police Cantonment Complex on Tuesday, Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling said once scam proceeds are transferred across borders, enforcement becomes extremely difficult.
“If, however, every country has the equivalent of an anti-scam command outfit, whereby prompt intervention efforts can be taken to quickly trace the flow of incoming scam proceeds, and swiftly freeze the bank accounts of the scammers, then our collective efforts to recovering the scam proceeds will be greatly enhanced,” she said, adding that Singapore set up its Anti-Scam Command in 2022.
Ms Sun said such outfits can work with their foreign counterparts by sharing information, coordinating cross-border tracing of funds and freezing of scam-tainted bank accounts.
“Even if we cannot recover the scammed monies in full, we can make it as difficult as possible for scammers to carry out their scams.
“By freezing these bank accounts, we are depriving the scammers of the opportunity to utilise these scam proceeds to launder them, to have them circulated in the system, to continue for them to multiply their operations,” she added.
The conference is being held from Tuesday to Thursday.
Organised by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in partnership with the International Security Cooperation Directorate of the French Embassy in Singapore, the event sees representatives from at least 15 countries in attendance, including those from Indonesia, Malaysia, France, Australia and the United States.
Other law enforcement organisations at the conference include Interpol and Aseanapol.
Scams became a crime of concern for Singapore in 2016, when more than 5,300 cases were reported that year.
In 2022, there were more than 31,000 reported cases, with victims losing in excess of $660.7 million.
The top three scam types here in 2022 were phishing, job and e-commerce scams in terms of victims, and investment, job and government official impersonation scams in terms of money lost.
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