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Jan 23, 2021 · SINGAPORE - Gang arrests in Singapore have been on the decline over the last decade but police figures show gangsterism is still a problem. Here's a look at three notorious gang heads. Tan...
Nov 24, 2011 · Mention underworld triads and Japan’s Yakuza or Italian Mafia comes to mind. But there was an era when the Singapore gangsters ruled Europe with a vast drug empire that struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. Kampung Kid turned Murderer.
Organised criminal gangs existed in Singapore long before the arrival of the British. Formed in 1820, Heaven and Earth Society ( Tiandihui ) based in Fujian, an offshoot of the Ghee Hin Kongsi was the first secret group formed in Singapore.
As one of the oldest and most prominent gangs in the country, they are known to take part in many illicit activities such as narcotics, extortion, prostitution and white-collar crime — and many of their members have been in and out of prison for violent attacks and rioting.
May 27, 2022 · His grandfather was buddies with one of Singapore’s most notorious secret society members in the 1960s, Lim Ban Lim, who orchestrated several armed heists and was the most wanted fugitive in Singapore in the early 1970s.
May 26, 2020 · SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police said, in what...
Jul 22, 2021 · How did secret societies form in Singapore? The early secret societies formed in Singapore can be traced to the Tian Di Hui (天地会) which was set up in Fujian – believed to be the first triad ever formed.
