JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir said that no country in the world could face online scams alone, when the crime was assessed to have evolved and become a human security crisis.
Speaking at the High Level Session of the International Conference on Global Partnership against Online Scams in Bangkok, Thailand (17/12), the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs also said that online scams had become a regional threat and required global collective action.
"Online scams have evolved from isolated criminal acts to organized industrial-scale criminal activities. This is no longer just a law enforcement challenge, but a human security crisis with real regional and global implications," he said, launching the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' statement, Thursday (18/12).
"The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tata, emphasized the urgency of the threat of new-generation transnational crimes that cross borders and are sophisticated due to the misuse of technology, including in Indonesia," he said.
"In the last year, Indonesia has recorded financial losses of up to 474 million US dollars.
Furthermore, the humanitarian dimension of this crime is very thick. Between 2021 and 2025, more than 12,000 Indonesian citizens (WNI) were affected, many of whom became victims of human trafficking (TPPO) and were forced to become perpetrators of crime (forced criminality) in online scam centers in the Southeast Asian region.
"No country in the world can face this threat alone. Our response must be collective, coordinated and global in scope," said the diplomat who once served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.
Regarding online scams, Indonesia encourages three priority areas for global action. First, a significant increase in cross-border law enforcement cooperation through real-time intelligence exchange and joint action to dismantle organized criminal networks. Second, strengthening financial and cyber cooperation involving financial intelligence units and digital regulators to cut off illegal funds.
"The third is to place the victim at the center of the treatment through protection, rehabilitation, and reintegration. This global response can utilize existing mechanisms such as the Bali Process, ASEAN, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC Convention).
"Indifference gives room for criminals, but cooperation creates security," said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tata closing his statement.
"International Conference on Global Partnership against Online Scams" is held by the Government of Thailand and The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
"The Global Partnership against Online Scams (Global Partnership against Online Scams) aims to form a Global Partnership against Online Scams. The meeting was attended by ministers and high officials from 40 countries, as well as representatives of international organizations, civil society groups and the private sector.
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