5 Perpetrators Of Trafficking In The Mode Of Prostitutes Arrested By The Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police

Illustration of human trafficking (ANTARA)

The Gakkum TPPO Task Force Team of the General Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimum) of the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police has again uncovered a criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in the Kendari City area. Head of the Sub-Section of the Gakkum Task Force of the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police, Kompol Syahrir Hanafi, in his statement said that from this case his party arrested five people, two of whom were suspected of being perpetrators of TIP. "Two suspects initial MSS (21) a woman and IM (21) a man. They are "Secured because (allegedly) he has committed a criminal act of trafficking in persons or sexual exploitation," said Syahrir, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 6. He revealed that his party arrested the suspects on Wednesday at around 23.45 WITA at one of the guesthouses or inns located on Jalan Malik Raya, Korumba Village, Mandonga District, Kendari. The Southeast Sulawesi Police Gakkum TPPO Task Force team said that the suspect MSS (21) was assisted by the suspect IM (21) suspected of committing a criminal act of trafficking in persons. two victims, namely K (19) and one minor with the initials AS (15). Meanwhile, one other person was arrested, namely "the masher". Kompol Syahrir said the suspects were suspected of committing TIP or sex exploitation by offering to "noses" through online applications at a rate of Rp. 500 thousand per person. "From the sale, the suspect made a profit of Rp. 100,000 from the victims. However, at the time of the incident, what was successfully sold was that "The victim's initials K," said Kompol Syahrir. From the disclosure of this case, the Southeast Sulawesi Police Gakkum TPPO Task Force secured evidence of Rp100 thousand and five pieces of denomination, contraceptives, four mobile phones, one methamphetamine and matches, as well as one unit of four-wheeled vehicle. "The two suspects were then secured at the office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the Southeast Sulawesi Police for further investigation," said Kompol Syahrir. Previously, Sub-Directorate IV of the Ditreskrimum Polda Sultra arrested four people perpetrators of criminal acts of trafficking in persons (TPPO) at a guesthouse on Jalan Malik Raya, Korumba Village, Mandonga District, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi. Head of Sub-Directorate of Jatanras Ditreskrimum Polda Sultra Kompol I Gede Pranata Wiguna said that the four perpetrators each had the initials MF (18), AR (19), M (37), and S (21).

"With each victim, namely the victim from MF with the initials AA (20), AR with the initials AS (17), M the victim with the initials E (33), and S the victim with the initials ST (23)," said I Gede Pranata. He revealed that the arrest began with a police report at the Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) of the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police which was then followed up and managed to find the perpetrators at the guesthouse, on Wednesday (14/6) at around 22.22 WITA.