The Police have arrested 13 women and one man, aged between 22 and 59, for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.
Between 24 and 25 April 2024, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Central Police Division conducted raids at hotels and residential units in the vicinity of Bras Basah Road, Havelock Road, Shanghai Road and Orchard Road, resulting in the arrest of 14 persons for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.
During the operation, cash amounting close to $40,000, mobile phones and other vice-related paraphernalia were seized. A 59-year-old man who allegedly facilitated the operation of an online vice syndicate will be charged in court on 29 April 2024 for his suspected involvement in knowingly receiving any gratification as a reward for providing services that will aid the prostitution of any person, under Section 146(1A) of the Women’s Charter 1961. Investigations against the 13 women and the vice syndicate are ongoing.
The Police will continue to take tough enforcement action against those involved in syndicated vice activities. Under the Women’s Charter 1961,
- Any person who knowingly solicits, receives or agrees to receive any gratification as an inducement or reward for providing any service, and who by providing that service does or will aid the prostitution of another person (being a woman or girl), shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding S$100,000.
- A person in or outside Singapore who, in the course of business, uses a remote communication service with a Singapore link that offers or facilitates the provision by a woman or girl to another person of sexual services in Singapore in return for payment or reward shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
Fig 1: Cash seized during the operation ▼
Fig 2: Vice-related paraphernalia seized during the operation ▼
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
28 April 2024 @ 3:20 PM