{"id":777036500,"date":"2026-01-06T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036500"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:39:48","slug":"indonesian-police-cracks-down-on-online-gambling-syndicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-police-cracks-down-on-online-gambling-syndicate","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian police make arrests in operations against illegal gambling syndicate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The suspects apprehended include the alleged owners and managers of online gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- The Indonesian National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim)<\/strong> has carried out an operation against an international online gambling network operating across multiple regions in the country. The move follows a string of complaints filed with the police between August and December<\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Brigadier General Wira Satya, director of general crime at Bareskrim, operations were carried out simultaneously in Pamekasan Regency, Tangerang City, West Jakarta, South Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta, and Cianjur Regency, resulting in multiple arrests. Among the suspects apprehended are the alleged owners and managers of online gambling sites, financial administrators, account lessees and payment gateway operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police say initial findings show the network raked in hundreds of billions of rupiah in a year. If convicted, suspects could get up to 20 years<\/strong> in prison and face fines of up to 10 billion IDR <\/strong>(US$600,000).<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indonesia asks Cloudflare to block illegal online gambling sites<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The suspects apprehended include the alleged owners and managers of online gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777028668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesian authorities, specifically Bareskrim, have conducted a large-scale operation against an international online gambling network, leading to multiple arrests across several regions. The crackdown targeted alleged site owners, financial administrators, and payment operators, uncovering an illicit operation generating hundreds of billions of rupiah annually. This action underscores Indonesia's stringent stance on unregulated iGaming and its commitment to enforcement.","focusai_entities":"Indonesian National Police, Bareskrim, Brigadier General Wira Satya","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Pamekasan Regency, Tangerang City, West Jakarta, South Jakarta, East Jakarta, North Jakarta, Cianjur Regency","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Payment Processor Implications?","query":"What are the broader implications for payment processors operating in Southeast Asia regarding AML and KYC compliance, given the targeting of payment gateway operators?"},{"label":"Indonesia Regulation Outlook?","query":"How might this enforcement action influence the potential for future iGaming regulation or liberalization in Indonesia, or reinforce its prohibitive stance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777036500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036500","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777036500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036504,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036500\/revisions\/777036504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}