The $2bn dirty-money case that rocked Singapore

Even as it draws to a close, the case - the biggest of its kind in Singapore - has raised inevitable questions. More Chinese money has been entering Singapore in recent years. Singapore's buoyant property market is a popular means to "Clean" dirty money, some experts pointed out. "Massive amounts of money pass through Singapore's banking system every day. Criminals can exploit this feature and disguise their money laundering activities among legitimate ones," accounting professor Kelvin Law from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University told the BBC. Getty Images. Singapore's property market is one of the routes for dirty money, experts say. "If you want to move lots of money, you hide it in plain sight and Singapore is a great place for that. There is no point putting it in the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands, where there is nothing ," he said. Singapore has to decide how far it will go in accepting "Money with varying shades of grey", says Dr Chong of Carnegie China.