SINGAPORE — Scammers in Singapore face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes for serious cases with effect from Tuesday as a law authorizing the punishment came into effect. The city-state has doubled down on syndicates following record-high scam losses, with the Ministry of Home Affairs saying that “fighting scams is a top national priority”. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy lost more than $2.8 billion through scams from 2020 up to the first half of 2025, Sim Ann, Singapore’s senior minister of state for home affairs, told parliament last month as she pushed for the bill to pass. READ: Cambodian tycoon […]... Keep on reading: Scammers face up to 24 strokes of the cane in Singapore