The Highest Region for Online Gambling Cases Involving Children, Transaction Value Reaches Rp49.8 Billion

"Highest Region for Online Gambling Cases Involving Children, Transaction Value Reaches Rp49.8 Billion"

"Dream - Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) Ivan Yustiavandana revealed that online gambling players also target children. He mentioned that West Java is the province with the highest involvement of children in online gambling."

"According to Ivan, there are 41 thousand children involved in online gambling in West Java with 459,000 transactions worth Rp49.8 billion. "Regarding children who play (online gambling), based on the province, West Java is indeed the highest," said Ivan Yustiavandana as quoted from Liputan6.com."

"Meanwhile, based on the district/city, West Jakarta is recorded as the city with the most children exposed to online gambling. "In West Jakarta, there are 4,300 children exposed with transactions amounting to approximately Rp9 billion, and 68 thousand transactions," he said."

"PPATK also recorded that the sub-district with the highest number of children exposed to online gambling is Cengkareng Sub-District. 'Over a thousand people. However, if we look at the transaction value in rupiah, the most is in Karawaci. So, the children recorded in Karawaci are the ones who made the most deposits, amounting to nearly Rp5 billion,' he said."

"In his report, Ivan noted that as many as 191,380 children aged 17-19 were involved in online gambling with 2.1 million transactions amounting to Rp282 billion. "We found an extraordinarily large number of transactions related to children engaging in online gambling," he stated."

"Additionally, a total of 1,160 children aged under 11 years made 22 thousand online gambling transactions worth at least Rp3 billion. Meanwhile, there are 4,514 children aged 11-16 years who made 45 thousand online gambling transactions worth Rp7.9 billion."

"All of them are school children, children who are acquiring knowledge or who are being prepared to become the future leaders of Indonesia,""

The translation of "kata Ivan Yustiavandana." to English is "said Ivan Yustiavandana."

He mentioned that there are a total of 197,054 children aged between 11-19 years who made online gambling deposits worth Rp293.4 billion and 2.2 million transactions. Ivan stated that the issue of online gambling among children must be addressed together. Therefore, PPATK along with the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) made a memorandum of understanding as a manifestation of commitment and collaboration for the protection of children in the context of money laundering crimes involving children.

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