Task Force Allowed to Confiscate Cash in Accounts Indicated in Online Gambling, Minister Says
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5 July 2024 19:04 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs and head of the online gambling task force, Hadi Tjahjanto, said investigators at the Criminal Investigation Agency of the National Police had received the list of accounts allegedly involved in online gambling. The investigators have been given 30 days to freeze the accounts.
The list of accounts was the result of the Financial Transaction Analyst Reporting Center (PPATK) reports. "If no one claimed the money (in the accounts), then (the task force) will take the money as per court decision,” Hadi said in a press conference on Friday, July 5, 2024.
According to Hadi, the government is serious about dealing with online gambling, including its link to online loans as many victims of loans were those who lost to gambling.
On the same occasion, Hadi also explained that the task force has distributed the names of online gambling players in the ministries and local government offices. PPATK previously mentioned that online gambling transactions in the first quarter of 2024 had reached Rp600 trillion.
PPATK Public Relations Group Coordinator Natsir Kongah said the number will grow bigger if no firm action is taken. The demand for online gambling is huge, so the authorities must remain vigilant of new patterns despite potential downward trends.
Online gambling was reported the most as a suspicious financial transaction received by PPATK with 32.1 percent, followed by fraud at 25.7 percent, other criminal acts at 12.3 percent, and corruption at 7 percent.
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