PPATK Find Payable Indonesian Children's Porn Video Content, KemenPPPA Gandeng Kominfo For Handling

Digital transaction illustration. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) found paid content containing pornographic videos of minors in Indonesia. pornographic video transactions are carried out through digital payments.

Responding to this, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPPA) admitted that it would cooperate with stakeholders related to conducting surveillance.

"With the National Police and Kominfo actively supervise and follow up through prevention and handling programs," said Deputy for Child Special Protection at the Ministry of PPPA, Nahar, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 4.

Nahar said the results of the supervision are expected to present evidence that will be followed up into the criminal law process.

He ensured that the perpetrators of spreading child pornography content would be charged with using the Child Protection Law, the Pornography Law, the Law on the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law.

Previously, PPATK revealed that there was a trade in pornographic and sexual videos involving children with a value of Rp114.26 billion during 2022.

In addition, PPATK also found perpetrators of child pornography cases using digital wallets, such as Gopay, OVO and Dana to accommodate payments from buyers of pornographic content.