by Mavis Toh
A NEW law is in the works to deal specifically with organised crime and pre-empt the sinking of roots here by foreign syndicates.
Organised crime is 'not yet a menace in Singapore', Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam made clear on Wednesday when Parliament debated his ministry's budget.
But the authorities are aware that the threat of cross-border and organised crime hangs over the city state as it is an open society and a financial and communications hub.
Hence the law now under consideration.
'The key is to stop foreign groups from penetrating our borders, sinking roots and growing here,' he said.
The current local crime scene, though, comprises loose coalitions of hooligans in street gangs and small groups in loan sharking and drug activities, Mr Shanmugam said.
About time they pay more attention to trans-nat crims! But seriously though, in sg, corporate gangsterism. :P