Continuing To Increase, A Total Of 511 TIP Suspects Were Arrested By The Police

Head Of Public Relations Division Of The National Police, Kombes Nurul Azizah/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The National Police's Trafficking Crime Task Force (TPPO) has named 511 suspects. This number is based on the results of the prosecution from 5 to 19 July.

"Based on the number of suspects in the TIP case as many as 511 people," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Nurul Azizah to reporters, Tuesday, June 20.

Of the hundreds of suspects, the West Java Regional Police took the most action. It was recorded that there were 71 suspects.

In the same period, the National Police's TIP Task Force received 429 police reports (LP). Most of them have been prosecuted and the rest are still in the process of being investigated.

TIP actors use various modes. However, there are four that are most often used, namely, promised as legal Indonesian migrant workers (PMI), crew members (ABK), used as prostitutes, and children's exploitation.

From the cases that have been revealed, thousands of TIP victims have been rescued. Most of the disclosure of cases by the North Kalimantan Police as many as 246 people.

"The number of TIP victims is 1,582 people," said Nurul.

For information, based on data as of June 18, the National Police's TIP Task Force named 494 people as suspects. Then, 1,554 victims were rescued.