Spent a lot of time there, and it is very clean and safe. There is a very controlled area in Singapore where the underbelly and all associated activities is tightly constrained. As long it happens within the boundary and doesn’t become too extreme (think murder, rape, etc), law enforcement looks the other way. After numerous two week trips there, I needed something to do, so I wanted to find out if there was an underbelly. Trust the Russians to help point the way.
In my brief stay there I didn’t have time to look into the underbelly of Singapore, and given the fact that no society is perfect, I figured there must be one and was wondering how big it was and how they keep it from infecting the broader society.
Whatever it is and however they do it, it seems to be quite effective and rewarding for the law abiding population.