Sub-Directorate IV Renakta of the General Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimum) of the Lampung Police has uncovered a criminal case of trafficking in persons (TPPO) in Bandar Lampung City.
"We arrested a suspected TIP perpetrator with the initials DBP at a hotel, Bandar Lampung City," said Head of the Public Information Sub-Division (Kasubbid Penmas) for Public Relations of the Lampung Police AKBP Rahmad Hidayat in South Lampung, Antara, Wednesday, February 15.
AKBP Rahmad Hidayat said that the alleged perpetrator carried out his action using modus operandi, providing women for commercial sex services through chats on the WhatsApp Application at a hotel, Bandar Lampung City.
The police arrested DBP on Friday at around 16.00 WIB when the person concerned transacted with one of the members of Subdit IV Renakta who disguised himself as an undercover buy at the hotel.
Before going undercover, he said, the officers first carried out an investigation in the field. After confirming that the perpetrator can provide women for commercial sex services, then send photos of women to the customer to choose, then the perpetrator offers a price per one woman of IDR 2.5 million.
"If the buyer agrees, transfer the DP money of Rp. 500 thousand per one woman ordered," he said.
After the transaction took place, members of Sub-Directorate 4 Renakta Ditreskrimum Polda Lampung carried out raids and arrests of the alleged perpetrator of the person's trade crime.
From the results of the examination of the suspect DBP and the witnesses TIP, after asking for a down payment, the person concerned will take the woman to the customer to the address they have determined.
"DBP has done TIPs many times," he said.
From the suspect's hands, officers confiscated a number of evidences in the form of 1 unit of a gray IPHONE 12 Pro MAX cellphone, 1 unit of a white iPhone 11 cellphone, 1 unit of a black Vivo V21 cellphone, 40 pieces of IDR 100,000, 2 pieces of proof of payment for DP for ordering commercial sex services, and 2 pieces of proof of ordering a hotel room in Bandar Lampung.
For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) of Law Number 21 of 2007 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons with a minimum imprisonment of 3 years and a maximum of 15 years and a minimum fine of IDR 120 million and a maximum of IDR 600 million.
In addition, it is threatened with sanctions under Article 12 of Law no. 12/2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence with a maximum imprisonment of 15 years and/or a maximum fine of Rp1,000,000,000.00.
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