JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya continues to eradicate online gambling practices. At least 23 cases can be revealed in the last four years.

"The number of disclosures of online gambling cases for the period January 2020 to June 2024 is 23 cases," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi to VOI, Friday, June 14.

Of the dozens of cases, 59 people were named as suspects. Some of them have been tried and some are still undergoing detention at the Polda Metro Jaya detention center.

Not only that, Polda Metro Jaya is said to be actively coordinating with the Ministry of Communication and Information to take down online gambling sites. Then, cooperate with PPATK to investigate the flow of funds.

"In collaboration with PPATK to block accounts and campaign for the dangers of online gambling through the Cyber social media platform of the Polda Metro Jaya," he said.

On the other hand, Ade conveyed the obstacles faced in eradicating online gambling, one of which was the existence of dealers abroad.

"We are collaborating with the Divhubinter to carry out extradition of dealers whose whereabouts are known abroad specifically," said Ade.


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