inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Indonesian National Police (INP)'s Cyber Crime Directorate received 51 analytical reports (LHA) from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). The LHAs stemmed from transactions at 132 online gambling websites.
The Director of Cyber Crime at INP's Criminal Investigation Unit, Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, stated that investigators temporarily halted transactions worth IDR 255,757,671,888 from 5,961 accounts. These LHAs were then followed up with 27 police reports.
He stated that 11 of the 21 analyzed police reports are still under investigation. During these investigations, investigators seized IDR 142,017,116,090 from 359 accounts.
"Sixteen of the 20 LHAs have been completed and have reached a court decision," he said on Thursday (3/4/2026).
Furthermore, he said, funds worth IDR 1,678,002,710 from 40 accounts are still being blocked. Himawan stated that some of the cases have been resolved and court decisions have been issued.
"From the cases that have been finalized, assets worth IDR 58,183,165,803 from 133 accounts were then confiscated for the state," he explained.
He further emphasized that action against online gambling is not limited to operators or organizers. Investigators are also targeting financial transactions that facilitate online gambling operations.
"Actions are also being taken against online gambling financial transactions through money laundering crimes as an effort to stop online gambling operations," said Himawan.
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