Polri Bongkar Sindikat Tindak Pidana Perdagangan Orang Ke Cambodia

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police arrested three perpetrators of the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO) to Cambodia. The victims were used as illegal migrant workers. "The suspects with the initials C and S were arrested in Indramayu, West Java, on September 24," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Saturday, October 1. "Suspect M was arrested in Pamulang, South Tangerang, on September 6. Based on the investigation, the suspects used the mode of offering jobs. They have networks in several areas to find or recruit people who want to work. In addition, the three also played a role in making passports and providing shelters before the victim was dispatched. In fact, this one-star general said he found a shelter for the people who would be used as migrant workers. The shelter was revealed when investigators searched the residence of suspect M, located in Vila Dago Pamulang, South Tangerang. "A place was found suspected of being a PMI shelter (Indonesian migrant workers) and 22 people suspected of being potential victims who will be dispatched to Cambodia non-procedurally," said Ramadhan. Currently, the perpetrators have been arrested and detained at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. However, investigators continue to develop the disclosure of the case.