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Kanetsugu Naoe
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Dec 28, 2010
Loanshark-related arrests up 88% in 1st half of 2010
By Lyn Chan
Police also smashed eight loanshark syndicates in the first half of 2010, up from five during the same period of 2009. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM
THE total number of people arrested for loansharking and harassment increased by 88 per cent in the first half of 2010, seeing 789 people arrested.
The same period last year saw 419 people arrested.
Police also smashed eight loanshark syndicates in the first half of 2010, up from five during the same period of 2009.
