Bareskrim Polri: System Changes, Judol Becomes Transnational Crime

JAKARTA - The Director of Criminal Investigation at the National Police, Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, revealed that there was a change in the operator system to financial transactions carried out by perpetrators involved in online gambling (judol).

Himawan explained, before 2020, parts of operators, servers, and marketing were still in Indonesia. In addition, transactions are carried out through local banks and individual nominees so that the flow of money is easy to detect.

"Operators, marketing and servers are all in Indonesia, developments then they use local accounts and then use financial facilities such as money changers," he said at the PPATK Office, Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

However, after 2020, the operator system and financial transactions have changed. Currently, Himawan said, operators and marketing have switched abroad, namely Cambodia to Thailand. Meanwhile, financial transactions then turned into so complex that it was difficult to trace.

"The transaction is also (varying), now using the payment gateway facility then QRIS then the TPPU is more complex involving a cryptocurrency then a mixer or service that obscures the traces of the word cryptocurrency by mixing coins from various users to increase anonymity," he said.

"The anomaly is quite high and using technology such as AI and its privacy is also quite high. And cold wallets are also used to disguise the gambling operations," he continued.

Himawan said, with this change, online gambling has been included in the transnational crime because it is so organized. He hopes that all parties can collaborate to eradicate online gambling.

"Online gambling has transformed from conventional crime into transnational crime," he said.