Police Set Over 600 People Human Trafficking Suspects
- U-Report
Jakarta – Head of the Public Information Bureau of the National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan said that the Crime of Trafficking in Persons (TPPO) Task Force Team of the Criminal Investigation Unit and the Regional Police had set 649 victims of human trafficking between June 5 to 27, 2023.
"There were 560 police reports; the number of TPPO victims was 1,840 people; the number of suspects in TPPO cases was 649 people," Ramadhan said through his statement, on Wednesday.
According to Ramadhan, the way suspected used were illegal Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) or domestic servants (PRT) as many as 405 people; ABK as many as 9 people; prostitutes as many as 159 people; and child exploitation as many as 38 people.
Kepala Biro Penerangan Masyarakat Divisi Humas Polri Brigjen Pol Ahmad Ramadhan
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Based on the results of analysis and evaluation on June 27, 2023, the Riau Islands Police found allegations of criminal acts of exploitation of minors as song guides or accompanying guests to drink alcohol, the victim with the initials FOR.
"The police secured the alleged perpetrator with the initials LN along with the evidence found," he explained.
Bengkulu Police stated that there were allegations of immoral criminal acts committed by H, found evidence in the form of 1 unit of cellphone and cash amounting to Rp 500,000.
"The alleged perpetrators carry out the way of providing women and places to carry out TPPO and/or immoral (pimping)," he said.
Meanwhile, Ramadhan said the Bali Police where Airport Police officers found several suspicious people who were going to work abroad without complete documents, the Police secured 4 Indonesian citizens who claimed to be working in Qatar.
"Then, one person has been found who is suspected of being a migrant worker distributor and 3 other people are victims. Furthermore, the four people were taken to the Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Police," he remarked.
Then, the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police where TPPO activities are in the NTB region, the Police received a report from JPS alias J by asking TB alias T for help to be dispatched to Abudabi, he stated.
"After the administrative process was carried out, then the victim left the airport, it turned out that the victim would be sent to Turkey instead of the country of Abudabi according to the initial agreement," he added.
