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Court confiscates S$2.6m in ill-gotten gains from convicted football match-fixer

State agencies go after proceeds from crime so offenders will not enjoy them upon release from jail

Angela Tan

Published Wed, May 8, 2019 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THOSE involved in bribery be warned: whether a giver or a taker, bribery is a crime that Singapore takes so seriously that even after an offender has served time in jail, authorities can strip ill-gotten gains to ensure that the offender does not enjoy them upon release.

In the case of bribery, the State typically disgorges illegal benefits from bribe receivers.

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