National Police Chief: Enforcement Of TIP Cases Increases 619 Percent In 2023, A Total Of 1,361 Suspects Arrested

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said he had taken action against 1,361 suspects in the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO) during 2023. The results of the prosecution were submitted during the year-end release (RAT) at the National Police Headquarters, Wednesday, December 27. "The increase in the settlement of this case is also accompanied by an increase in the number of suspects, where in 2023 there will be 1,361 suspects or an increase of 691 percent compared to 2022," said Sigit. The number of prosecutions is said to have increased significantly when compared to 2022 which only took action against 172 suspects. Then, Sigit also emphasized that if the TPPO Polri Task Force has completed 290 cases or increased by 339 percent compared to 2022. Several prominent TIP cases and have been revealed for example the mode of sending victims to Saudi Arabia to be employed as household assistants (ART) non-procedurally. "The number of suspects is 15 people, 35 victims," said Sigit. Then, syndicates who used the mode of dispatching victims to Thailand to work as employees. However, when the victims were actually dispatched back to work at the scamming company. "The number of suspects is two people and the number of victims is 26 people," he said. There is also, TPPO mode of selling kidney organs. Where, the perpetrator is offering kidney donors to Cambodia through the Facebook group "Indonesian Kidney donors".

In the case of TIP sales of this kidney, the National Police is said to have succeeded in thwarting the victim from leaving for Cambodia. Then, arrested 13 suspects (8 people in Bekasi, and 5 people in Ponorogo ("TPPO) kidney sales network with 13 suspects and 10 victims", said Sigit.