Over 300 foreign nationals arrested in Indonesian online gambling raid
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Indonesian police arrested 321 foreign nationals, mainly Vietnamese, in Jakarta during a raid on a large online gambling operation linked to over 70 websites targeting players outside Indonesia.
- The operation was structured with assigned roles such as customer service and telemarketing, and had been running for approximately two months before the raid.
- Many suspects entered Indonesia on short-term visas and overstayed while working for the operation, leading to charges including immigration violations, gambling, and money laundering.
- Authorities seized cash, computers, phones, passports, and other equipment, and 275 detainees have been formally named as suspects, facing up to nine years in prison and fines.
- The crackdown is part of a broader effort against transnational online gambling and scam networks relocating to Indonesia after crackdowns in neighboring countries like Cambodia and Myanmar.
