Singapore arrests 18 suspects for importing staff on fake work permits

Singapore’s Manpower Ministry on Tuesday said 18 people had been arrested over the past week on suspicion “of bringing foreigners” to the city state “on work passes obtained through false declarations”.The ministry last week mounted a 12-hour operation at 22 locations across the country after uncovering a “potential syndicate suspected of setting up several shell companies to apply for work passes”.“Such syndicates typically recruit Singapore citizens and Singapore permanent residents to…