Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Indonesian National Police (INP) recorded 36,148 cases of gender-based violence, including crimes against women and children, in 2025, with only 12.8 percent reaching case resolution. 

The figure came from the INP’s Directorate of Women and Children’s Protection and Human Trafficking, which was established in October 2024.

“In 2025 we handled cases of violence against women, children, and other vulnerable groups, including human trafficking,” said Brigadier General Nurul Azizah, the Director of the INP Criminal Investigation Agency’s Women and Children’s Protection and Human Trafficking Directorate during a hearing at the House of Representatives (DPR) on Monday (22/9/2025), as reported by antaranews.com.

Most cases involved crimes against children, domestic violence, pornography, sexual assault, and trafficking. Among the most notable was a baby trafficking case in West Java involving 42 infants, 19 smuggled abroad and one dead. The directorete also exposed trafficking of “mail-order brides” to China and smuggling of 80 Bangladeshi nationals through Cilacap en route to Australia.

(mg/inp/pr/rs)