Cross-border and multi-agency efforts needed to tackle crimes like scams: Ex-police chief

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SINGAPORE - Cross-border and multi-agency cooperation is a vital tool in battling the growing scam menace.

In his welcome address on the first day of Milipol Asia-Pacific 2022, a biennial regional security conference, Mr Khoo Boon Hui, who the conference chairman, highlighted the importance of law enforcement agencies around the world working together to tackle the scam scourge.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, who was a guest of honour at the event, said scams have been on the rise in recent years and that they continue to be a challenge for law enforcement agencies, including in Singapore. He added that criminal proceeds are promptly transferred across borders, making the recovery of losses very difficult.

"Unfortunately, are very active in hitting you where it hurts most - your wallet. And reaching you through your mobile phones, through your computers, through the games that your children play, and you feel very helpless."No country, including Singapore, immune to terrorism as it evolves: Faishal

 

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