SINGAPORE, June 20 -- Two Singaporean men believed to be key figures in a transnational vice syndicate have been arrested in Thailand following a joint operation between the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Royal Thai Police (RTP).

According to Channel News Asia, a Thai national was also detained in the cross-border crackdown on June 17.

Investigations into the criminal group began in 2023, after more than 70 vice workers arrested in Singapore were linked to the same network.

"Investigations against the vice workers established useful information against the vice syndicate," SPF said in a statement.

The arrests followed close cooperation between the SPF's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Technology Crime Suppression...