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Singapore’s 'dirty money' detectives battle cross-border impasse

By Natasha Teja
(L-R) Andrew Chow, David Williams, Tan Siang Hwee, Hemanshu Parekh at Pan Asian Regulatory Summit 2023

Singapore’s attempts to recoup $1.8bn from a money laundering scandal face an uphill battle against Asia Pacific’s fragmented legal system.

In the past, cross-border efforts to reclaim stolen funds have effectively been stonewalled; investigators in Singapore’s most recent scandal face the same challenges, according to a panel of ...

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