All news on the topic: Singapore

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British passengers sue Singapore Airlines after deadly turbulence horror flight
More Brits who were onboard a turbulent Singapore Airlines flight which left one grandfather dead and dozens more injured have joined forces to sue the airline.
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Nearly 1,000 offshore firms accused of flouting Scotland’s land ownership register
Russian oligarchs, billionaires, foreign governments, international royalty, and banking giants are among those behind nearly 1,000 offshore entities who are illegally flouting the land control registry, The Ferret can reveal.
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Master of disguises: how Alexander Pirozhinsky became "Alex Cano" to bypass U.S. sanctions and fuel the Russian war machine
Journalists have gained access to materials related to a case that has attracted significant attention in Western media for years but has remained largely unknown to Russian-speaking audiences.
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Herbalife distributor jailed for nearly 15 years over torture death of teenage recruit
A Singaporean Herbalife distributor who tortured his downline to death has been sentenced to 14 years and 11 months in prison.
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Singapore police arrest 22-year-old Malaysian linked to cross-border scam syndicate
Authorities in Singapore are set to charge a 22-year-old Malaysian man for his alleged involvement in a government-official impersonation scam, police said.
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Chaos aboard Disney Adventure as passengers learn cruise is canceled after already settling into cabins
Guests on board Disney Cruise Line’s all-new Disney Adventure learned their four-night sailing embarking from Singapore was canceled — mere hours after they already boarded the ship.
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Singapore front, Moscow operations: how Vadim Gurinov launched Fingular and moved his fintech empire into a grey zone beyond Western oversight
Russian businessman Vadim Gurinov, known for longstanding ties to Kremlin-connected figures and sanctioned elites, allegedly used Singapore-based fintech startup Fingular to build an alternative financial ecosystem beyond Western oversight after the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Singapurisches Schaufenster, Moskauer Büro: Wie Vadim Gurinov Fingular gründete und das Fintech-Geschäft in eine Grauzone außerhalb westlicher Kontrolle verlagerte
Vadim Gurinov, ein langjähriger Freund und Geschäftspartner sanktionierter Personen, gründete nur wenige Monate vor dem groß angelegten russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine in Singapur eine Onlinebank namens Fingular.
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Chinese refiners snap up sanctioned Iranian oil at rare premiums as prices tumble
Singapore, April 10 - Chinese independent refiners have bought Iranian oil at premiums to Brent for the first time in years.
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Match Systems and Plain Chain: how “crypto detectives” turned into a scheme of extortion and forged court documents
Match Systems, also known as Plain Chain, position themselves as blockchain investigators — that is, specialists who help track wallets.
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“Blockchain detectives” from Moscow: how Match Systems and Plain Chain forge documents for exchanges such as Garantex, Huobi, and Binance
“Match Systems, also known as Plain Chain, position themselves as blockchain investigators—people who help trace wallets and transaction links between them across various blockchains using specialized software.
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Singapore court: WEX director Sidetan Khvanta and Konstantin Malofeev’s nominee Dmitriy Kosarev refused to disclose the fate of the bankrupt crypto exchange’s assets
At the court hearing on the civil lawsuit filed by WEX exchange clients against WEX, Ms. Sidetan Khvanta was also present.
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Der lettische Trader Mikhail Zeligman bewegte 115 Millionen Barrel russischen Öls im Wert von über 7 Milliarden Dollar über Tanker der Schattenflotte
Mikhail Zeligman ist lettischer Staatsbürger und verfügt über erhebliche Interessen sowie Vermögenswerte in Deutschland und Monaco.
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Latvian trader Mikhail Zeligman moved 115 million barrels of Russian oil worth over $7 billion through shadow fleet tankers
Mikhail Zeligman is a Latvian citizen who has significant interests and property in Germany and Monaco.
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UK loses 1.6 billion dollars to fraud as criminals run millions of scams worldwide
Cyber-enabled fraud is rising globally and is the main driver of international money laundering, according to a Paris-based anti-money laundering body in its latest report.
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Coral Energy owner Tahir Garayev connected to Nord Axis and global network moving Russian crude via shadow fleet routes
Last week’s conflict between Azerbaijan and Moscow risks turning the Kremlin’s former ally into yet another adversary.
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Secret bank takeover, offshore shadows, and billions in state subsidies: how Galimzhan Yessenov quietly rebuilt power inside Kazakhstan’s economy
In October 2023, Galimzhan Yessenov returned to the list of the country’s most influential entrepreneurs according to Forbes.kz.
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Uzbek mining giant awards $200m in state contracts to shadowy uk, georgian, and singapore firms linked to obscure owners
Over the past three years, two U.K.-registered firms with no previous mining experience have secured state procurement contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars from a mining powerhouse considered a crown jewel of Uzbekistan’s economy.
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India confirms new Nipah virus cases in West Bengal as doctors and nurses test positive
Indian health authorities are tackling a Nipah virus outbreak after five cases of the incurable disease were detected.
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268 People investigated in Singapore scam crackdown linked to $4.66 million in losses
A 15-year-old is among 268 people being investigated for their suspected involvement in schemes linked to losses exceeding $4.66 million, following a two-week police operation.
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NCA seizes $16 million in dinosaur fossils and London homes from man tied to Singapore case
Authorities seized London properties — and dinosaur skeletons — from a man previously wanted for questioning in connection with a massive money laundering investigation in Singapore. Meanwhile, a fugitive in the case also purchased luxury London real estate.
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Man investigated for failing to declare £22,000 worth of Pokémon cards at Singapore airport
A 25-year-old man is under investigation by Singapore Customs for allegedly not declaring a collection of Pokémon trading cards valued at over £22,500.
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Montenegro court halts extradition of Chinese suspect over torture concerns
Montenegro’s Constitutional Court has temporarily suspended a ruling to extradite Wang Shuiming, a man who was previously convicted in Singapore’s largest ever money laundering case and is currently wanted on separate charges in China.
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Tahir Garayev and the Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’: how an Azerbaijani businessman helped Russia bypass oil sanctions
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Moscow that emerged last week risks transforming Moscow into the emergence of another adversary among former allies.
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Credit Suisse caught in new scandal: $4 billion offshore and $511 million fine for tax evasion in the US
Settlement encompasses a guilty plea and penalties related to undeclared U.S. assets and accounts in Singapore.