Jakarta – The government continues to show a strong commitment to eradicating online gambling practices that are increasingly disturbing the public. Through cross-agency synergy, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is intensifying efforts to suppress the circulation of illegal funds from these activities.
“With efficient collaboration, the value of online gambling transactions can be contained, although it still exists. Many have succeeded from the simulation of the analysis results that we convey,” said the Coordinator of the PPATK Public Relations Group, Natsir Kongah, in an interview with Pro3 RRI.
He explained that the synergy between PPATK and several institutions such as the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Bank Indonesia (BI), and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Kemenkopolhukam) has yielded results in curbing the rate of online gambling transactions. The financial analysis developed is able to provide accurate data simulations to detect and stop suspicious fund flows.
One of the main strategies in this eradication is the application of the follow the money method to track the flow of money originating from illegal activities.
“Gambling money disguised as personal assets is the main target for tracking by PPATK,” said Natsir.
According to him, tracking is done through tracing a network of accounts and transactions that are interconnected in a complex scheme. This technique allows investigators to identify patterns of disguised funds that are spread in various forms of assets, both physical and digital.
“PPATK has the authority to access and verify asset ownership to ensure links to criminal activity. Then whether there is a link to the perpetrators of the crime, that can be traced,” he continued.
Not only houses and vehicles, digital assets such as cryptocurrencies are also included in the monitoring radar. Natsir emphasized that crypto service providers are now required to report suspicious activities to PPATK as a form of preventing money laundering from online gambling proceeds.
These steps reflect the government’s seriousness in creating a clean and safe financial ecosystem from illegal activities. Collaboration between institutions is key to creating a strong and sustainable supervisory system.
