PPATK Calls Online Judicial Actors Take Advantage Of Foreign Valuta To Crypto Assets

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JAKARTA - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) said that the transaction patterns of online gamblers began to shift. There are a number of cases that take advantage of foreign exchange to crypto assets.

"The transaction pattern in several cases has shifted by using Foreign Exchange Business Activities or KUPVA and crypto assets," said PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustivandana in a written statement, Monday, November 4.

Ivan did not specify how many cases used this new transaction pattern. However, the old pattern with banking transactions is still happening.

Currently, continued Ivan, PPATK has blocked tens of thousands of accounts allegedly related to online gambling.

"PPATK has stopped transactions of 13,481 accounts in 28 banks," he said.

Previously reported, the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs (Menko Polkam) Budi Gunawan said there were three strategies to handle online gambling. One of them is by educating the public.

This was conveyed by him by holding a Ministerial Level Coordination Meeting at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Jakarta today, Monday, November 4.

"For online gambling itself, there are several comprehensive strategies that have been decided at the meeting," Budi told reporters at the location.

The first strategy, continued Budi, is to ensure that people know the dangers of online gambling through education. "This certainly creates collective awareness and builds community resistance to the temptation of online gambling," he said.

"Second, starting to carry out early warnings by securing nodes for online gambling actors such as access to online gambling connectivity and access to the payment system, of course, the goal is to break the chain of online video activities," continued Budi.

The last strategy is to provide a deterrent effect for online gamblers.

"It is important to note that this approach, prevention means that it does not mean eliminating prosecution," said the former Head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).