The Police have arrested a 25-year-old man and two 26-year-old women for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities.
On 7 March 2025, officers from the Specialised Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department conducted raids that resulted in the arrest of the three persons for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities. Cash amounting to more than $5,500 and vice-related paraphernalia were seized from the scene.
The man allegedly operated an online vice syndicate that involved the two women who were arrested under the Women’s Charter 1961. The man will be charged in court on 8 March 2025 with an offence under Section 146(1) of the Women’s Charter 1961. Investigations against the two women 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 lives wholly or in part on the earnings of the prostitution of another person 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 five years or to both.
- Any person who keeps, manages or assists in the management of a place of assignation, shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of up to five years and shall also be liable to a fine of up to $100,000
Photo of officers interviewing arrested subject▼
Cash seized from the scene▼
Arrest of the 25-year-old man▼
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
07 March 2025 @ 11:25 PM