Singapore Commercial Crimes Rise as Lottery, Love Scams Gain
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Singapore’s commercial crimes rose last year as victims fell prey to lottery and Internet love scams, more counterfeit products were sold and failures to deliver on goods and services increased.
Commercial crimes climbed 2 percent to 3,879, the Singapore police force said in a statement today. The overall number of crimes declined 5.3 percent to 31,404, the police said.