226 Foreigners Involved In Crime In Bali During 2024, American-Australia Caucasians Dominate

Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya. BETWEEN/HO-Humas Bali Police

DENPASAR - Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya said as many as 226 foreign nationals (WNA) were prosecuted by the police for being involved in a crime during 2024 on the Island of the Gods.

"In 2024, 226 foreign nationals were arrested for being involved as perpetrators of general, special, and drug crimes," said Daniel during a year-end press conference in Denpasar, Monday, December 30.

Daniel stated that this number increased compared to the same record in 2023, where last year there were 194 foreigners who became perpetrators of criminal acts in the jurisdiction of the Bali Police.

The crimes committed by foreigners in Bali vary from general, special, cyber and drug crimes.

Of these, the foreigners who mostly become perpetrators of criminal acts in Bali are citizens of the United States.

From the data submitted by the Bali Police Chief, 34 US foreigners consisting of 14 were categorized as general crimes, while the remaining 20 people were involved in drug crimes.

After the United States, Australians became the second most with 32 citizens being prosecuted in Bali. A total of 17 Australian citizens commit general crimes such as theft, persecution. Others were involved in illicit narcotics trafficking.

Furthermore, said Daniel, Russian citizens are ranked third where 28 people are perpetrators of criminal acts. 20 of them became perpetrators of general crimes while the rest were involved in narcotics crimes.

Furthermore, 25 British and German citizens were 12 people. In Cybercrime, three Filipino foreigners were arrested by the Bali Police during 2024.

According to the Bali Police Chief, this number does not include foreigners handled by Immigration, BNN Bali Province, and other related investigators in Bali.

Apart from being a perpetrator, the Bali Police also recorded 228 foreigners who were victims of criminal acts while in Bali in 2024. Of these, the victims of ordinary theft were the most with 41 victims.

As reported by ANTARA, Daniel stated that apart from bringing benefits to Bali, many foreigners also damaged people's lives by being involved in various types of crimes so that they received special attention from the Bali Police.

"The presence of foreigners in Bali Province continues to present problems, namely the number of foreigners involved in criminal acts and deviant behavior," said the Bali Police Chief.