{"id":777008628,"date":"2023-08-28T08:17:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008628"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:40:33","slug":"indonesia-announces-crackdown-on-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-announces-crackdown-on-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia announces crackdown on online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Communication and Informatics will work with the National Police to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has announced a collaboration with the National Police (Polri) to crack down on online gambling. <strong>Usman Kansong<\/strong>, the director general of public information and communication, has said that the Kominfo minister is scheduled to meet with the National Police chief to explore mechanisms for addressing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kansong said Kominfo had blocked access to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-886719-pieces-of-online-gambling-content-blocked-in-five-years\" target=\"_blank\">886,719 pieces of online gambling content<\/a> over the last five years. However, he said blocking content was inadequate and that the situation required a holistic approach. He highlighted the intention for collaboration with the <strong>Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC)<\/strong> to identify accounts associated with online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Communication and Informatics will work with the National Police to address the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) is intensifying its crackdown on online gambling through a new collaboration with the National Police. This initiative will move beyond content blocking to a holistic approach, including financial transaction analysis with the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC), signaling a significant escalation in regulatory enforcement.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo), National Police (Polri), Usman Kansong, Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC)","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Mechanisms?","query":"What specific technical and financial enforcement mechanisms will Kominfo and the National Police deploy beyond content blocking, particularly concerning cross-border transactions and payment processing?"},{"label":"Impact on Operators?","query":"How will the enhanced collaboration with INTRAC for financial transaction analysis specifically impact the operational viability and compliance burden for iGaming operators currently targeting the Indonesian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777008628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008865,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008628\/revisions\/777008865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}