Singapore aims to make it easier to prosecute money laundering cases

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Money Laundering

SINGAPORE, July 2 — Singapore is seeking to make it easier for law enforcement to prosecute money laundering offences in the city-state, the home affairs ministry said, noting...

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"It will be sufficient for the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the money launderer knew or had reasonable grounds to believe that he was dealing with criminal proceeds," said the ministry, adding this would help in the prosecution of money mules when funds laundered had initially passed through bank accounts and intermediaries in foreign jurisdictions.

Since the money laundering case emerged last year, the government has set up an inter-ministerial panel to review its anti-money laundering regime.

 

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