Singapore Tightens Money-Laundering Dragnet

Cliff Lim, Director of Risk & Compliance, Southeast Asia, Dow Jones

05-Jul-24 08:30

Singapore Tightens Money-Laundering Dragnet

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The Singapore government seeks to strengthen money-laundering enforcement with the new Anti-Money Laundering and Other Matters Bill being tabled in parliament. Do the amendments go far enough to deter illicit crime? We discuss the implications of the bill with Cliff Lim of Dow Jones.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning

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Tags: money-laundering, singapore parliament, anti-money laundering act, singapore, parliament,

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