TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Executive Director of Payment System Policy Department of central bank Bank Indonesia (BI) Eni V. Panggabean said that BI is mapping the locations of illegal money changers to eliminate the misuse of money changers to commit crimes.

“Nowadays there are many criminals use money changers to commit extraordinary crimes such as drug abuse, money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, and so on,” Eni said in a Bandung on Saturday, (18/2).

She added that in accordance with the instruction from BI Governor of Agus Martowardojo, it is important to intensify supervision on illegal money changers and practices of money laundering, smuggling and illegal fund transfer.

There has been a tendency of increase on illegal money changers in Indonesia, she added.

Eni went on to say that based on BI’s data on October 2016 there were at least 612 illegal money changers all over Indonesia, most of which are located in Lhokseumawe, Bali, East Kalimantan, Kediri, and cities around Jakarta.

BI, along with the National Police, the National Anti Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the Financial Transactions Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK), have detected the locations of those illegal money changers at strategic spots for foreign tourists such tourism objects, ports, Indonesian workers centers, shopping centers and so on.

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