{"id":777016586,"date":"2024-06-20T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016586"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:56:45","slug":"indonesia-blocks-5000-bank-accounts-tied-to-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-blocks-5000-bank-accounts-tied-to-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia blocks 5,000 bank accounts tied to online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities say over IDR5tn had allegedly been transferred overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- Indonesia’s financial intelligence agency, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK)<\/strong>, has blocked approximately 5,000 bank accounts linked to online gambling operations. The accounts are believed to have facilitated the transfer of IDR5tn (US$305m) to at least 20 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PPATK’s head, Ivan Yustiavandana<\/strong>, did not name the countries to where funds were transferred, but the agency’s head of public relations, M Natsir Kongah<\/strong>, however, had previously identified several ASEAN countries, including Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natsir said the PPATK has developed methods to trace accounts associated with online gambling and mapped the used to move money from small to large dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 14, under Presidential Decree No. 21 of 2024, the government created a task force to tackle online gambling<\/a>. It is chaired by the coordinating minister for political, legal, and security affairs Hadi Tjahjanto<\/strong>, with Effendy serving as deputy. It is to operate until December 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling is banned in Indonesia and is illegal for both citizens and foreigners. Anyone found gambling can face severe fines and\/or imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Indonesian president says no state aid for those who gamble online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities say over IDR5tn had allegedly been transferred overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesia's Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has blocked approximately 5,000 bank accounts, allegedly facilitating the transfer of IDR5tn (US$305m) linked to illegal online gambling to at least 20 countries. This action follows the establishment of a new government task force, under Presidential Decree No. 21 of 2024, aimed at combating the nation's prohibited online gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Ivan Yustiavandana, M Natsir Kongah, Hadi Tjahjanto, Effendy, Indonesian Government","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement?","query":"What specific mechanisms or international cooperation agreements are being leveraged by PPATK to trace and interdict funds transferred to the identified 20 countries, particularly within ASEAN?"},{"label":"Impact on Payment Rails?","query":"How will the blocking of 5,000 accounts and the establishment of the task force impact the operational viability of payment gateways and financial institutions that may have inadvertently facilitated these illicit transactions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016586","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=777016586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016612,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016586\/revisions\/777016612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}