2024年5月8日爱色军团，新加坡内务部长尚穆根在国会书面修起非选区议员梁文辉对于反洗钱法威慑作用的问题。

以下履四肢新加坡眼字据国会英文府上翻译整理：

梁文辉（非选区议员）先生斟酌内务部长：

(a) 字据1992 年的《恶臭、贩毒和其他严重犯警（没收利益）法》法则的刑罚是否足以威慑个东谈主参与洗钱举止?

(b) 若是弗成，政府是否会研讨加强量刑轨制?

尚穆根（内务部长）先生：字据1992年的《恶臭、贩毒和其他严重犯警（没收利益）法》（CDSA）法则，字据洗钱过失的性质，可处以150，000 至 500，000 新元的罚金和3至10年的扣留；或两者兼施。这与其他严重过失（如诈骗和伪造）的科罚近似。这也与日本、瑞士、新西兰、德国和法国等其他司法统率区的量刑轨制卓绝。

频年来，《恶臭、贩毒和其他严重犯警（没收利益）法》（CDSA）进行了两次审查和更新。2018 年，咱们加强了对法东谈主和未提交可疑走动报告的科罚。2023 年，咱们使警方随机对钱骡选拔更严厉的王法行动。

该法案法则了科罚范畴。法院随后将字据案件的具体事实研讨施加相宜的科罚。量刑中可能研讨的要素包括：洗钱金额；犯警举止的不绝时分；被告的罪孽，包括其赔本新加坡金融体系的进度。法院还将研讨收缩科罚的要素，举例被告认罪和自发没收被扣押的金钱。

对于30亿新元洗钱案，法院可能会研讨到这些要素，包括被告相对较早认罪并应承将大部分资金没收。这幸免了漫长的法庭要领，从而直率了大师资源。甘休现在，新加坡法院的判决与其他司法统率区的判决卓绝。何况，与其他在新加坡被判犯有严重过失的异邦东谈主相似，这些罪人在服刑期满后将被驱散出境，并防止再次投入新加坡。

扣留的风险是打击洗钱的伏击威慑要素。金钱没收是咱们打击白领犯警的另一个伏击技巧，樱井莉亚主演的电影因为它打劫了犯警分子的积恶所得，从而对他们在这里洗钱起到威慑作用。关联词，最大的威慑力是被捏的可能性。

在全球范畴内，洗钱案件很难被发现。像30亿新元洗钱案这么的大案并未几见，该案是通过庸俗的谍报视察和对不同类型的信息进行困难拼集的效果。这并不是因为其他司法统率区莫得此类洗钱举止。相背，犯警分子相配防备肠荫藏他们的痕迹。咱们从异邦王法同业那儿也了解到这极少。

这起30亿新元的案件标明，咱们的轨制有能力发现可疑的个东谈主和举止。一朝咱们发现了他们，咱们就有决心和能力追查罪人。

尽管如斯，咱们仍在陆续收紧标准。内务部稍后将提交一项法案，以立异《恶臭、贩毒和其他严重犯警（没收利益）法》（CDSA），进一步提升王法机构追查和告状洗钱罪人的能力。该法案还将允许行业监管机构查阅其监管实体提交的可疑走动报告，以便更好地视察洗钱举止。

以下是英文质询履行：

Mr Leong Mun Waiasked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether sentences for offences under the Corruption， Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 have sufficiently deterred individuals from engaging in money laundering; and (b) if not， whether the Government will consider strengthening the sentencing regime.

Mr K Shanmugam: The Corruption， Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992， or CDSA， provides for fines ranging from $150，000 to $500，000， and jail terms ranging from three years to 10 years; or both， depending on the nature of the money laundering offences. This is similar to the penalties for other serious offences， like cheating and forgery. It is also comparable with the sentencing regimes in other jurisdictions， such as Japan， Switzerland， New Zealand， Germany and France.

The CDSA was reviewed and updated twice in recent years. In 2018， we strengthened penalties against legal persons and failure to file a Suspicious Transaction Report. In 2023， we enabled Police to take firmer enforcement action against money mules.

The Act sets out the range of penalties. The Courts will then consider the appropriate penalties to be imposed， based on the specific facts of the case. Factors that may be considered in the sentencing include: the amount of money laundered; the length of the offending conduct; and the culpability of the accused person， which would include the extent of his abuse of Singapore's financial system. The Courts will also take into account mitigating factors， such as the accused person's plea of guilt and voluntary forfeiture of seized assets.

With respect to the $3 billion money laundering case， the Courts would likely have taken such factors into consideration， including the relatively early plea of guilt and agreement by the accused persons that most of the funds be forfeited to the State. This has saved public resources by avoiding long-drawn court processes. So far， the sentences meted out by the Singapore Courts have been comparable to those in other jurisdictions. And， like other foreigners convicted of serious offences in Singapore， these offenders will be deported after serving their sentence and will be banned from re-entering Singapore.

The risk of imprisonment is an important deterrent against money laundering. Asset forfeiture is another crucial tool in our arsenal against white-collar crime， as it deprives criminals of their illicit proceeds and， hence， acts as a deterrence to laundering their monies here. But the biggest deterrent of all， is the prospect of being caught.

Globally， cases of money laundering are very difficult to uncover. There are not many cases as big as the $3 billion money laundering case， which was the result of extensive intelligence probes and painstaking piecing together of disparate types of information. This is not because there are no such monies being laundered in other jurisdictions. Rather， criminals hide their tracks very carefully. We know this from our foreign law enforcement counterparts as well.

What this $3 billion case has shown is our system's ability to detect suspicious individuals and activities. And once we become aware of them， we have the resolve and capabilities to track the criminals down.

Nevertheless， we continue to tighten our measures. The Ministry of Home Affairs is tabling a Bill at a later Sitting to amend the CDSA to further enhance law enforcement agencies' abilities to pursue and prosecute offenders for money laundering offences. The Bill will also allow sectoral regulators to have access to Suspicious Transaction Reports filed by their regulated entities， to better detect money laundering activities.

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