the CDSA applies a list approach to predicate offences, with drug dealing offences listed in the First Schedule and other serious offences listed in the Second Schedule. The list is comprised of more than 400 serious offences, which have a minimum penalty of four years imprisonment as required by the Palermo Convention, and cover all 21 categories designated by the FATF.
There also predicate offences with a minimum sentence of less than four years so as to address ML derived from less serious offences (e.g. theft). The list is subject to regular review for potential broadening of its scope. Since its 2008 MER, Singapore has also criminalised human trafficking more comprehensively, by adopting the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act, which entered into force on 1 March 2015.