Billion-dollar money laundering case: Assets seized or frozen grow to more than S$2.4b

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SINGAPORE — The value of assets that have been seized or issued with prohibition of disposal orders in one of Singapore's largest anti-money launderin

has gone up to more S$2.4 billion, more than double the initial sum when news of the case first broke last month.

During these operations, additional assets were seized and issued with prohibition of disposal orders.

 

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