2 Weeks Formed, TIP Polri Task Force Arrest 532 Suspects

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police's Trafficking Crime Task Force (TPPO) has received 456 police reports (LP) to date. From the series of investigations into the report, 532 people were named suspects. "Of the hundreds of LPs handled, the TIP Task Force has arrested 532 suspects," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan in his statement, Wednesday, June 21. Then, from the disclosure of the TIP case, at least 1,572 victims could be saved. Of the thousands of people, 130 of them were children. "There are 711 adult female victims and 86 child girls. Then for adult male victims there are 731 and 44 male children," he said. From a series of disclosures, the mode of crime that is often suspected is to lure people to work as Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) or Domestic Workers (PRT). Because, there are 361 cases that use this mode. "Furthermore, there are 116 cases of commercial sex workers (PSK), 6 cases of being used as crew members (ABK) and 25 cases of exploitation of children," he said. Ramadhan continued, of the hundreds of cases handled, most of them are already at the investigation stage. In fact, some have been transferred to the Prosecutor's Office to enter the trial process.

"The progress of 83 cases is in the investigation stage. Then 347 are in the investigation stage and the files are complete or P21 has one case," said Ramadhan.