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Indonesian police arrest 321 foreigners in an operation to crack down on banned online gambling
Police said 275 suspects face gambling and money laundering charges after a raid uncovered phones, passports, laptops and computers used in the operation.
- On Saturday, Indonesian National Police arrested 321 foreign nationals in Central Jakarta, raiding a commercial building near Chinatown that served as a hub for more than 70 online gambling websites.
- Transnational gambling syndicates have relocated operations from Cambodia to Indonesia following crackdowns, according to Interpol Indonesia official Untung Widyatmoko, with the operation targeting foreign victims over two months.
- Among the detainees, 228 were Vietnamese nationals, 57 Chinese, with others from Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar; police official Wira Satya Triputra confirmed 275 individuals face gambling and money laundering charges.
- Those formally charged face up to nine years in prison and fines of 2 billion rupiah under Indonesian law, while investigations into financial backers and organizers remain ongoing.
- This enforcement action follows a Friday raid in Batam where authorities detained 210 foreigners suspected of investment scams; gambling remains illegal in Indonesia, which has intensified cross-border cyber operations enforcement.
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Indonesian police reported two operations against illegal online gambling operations that have left more than 500 foreign people in detention. Mass raid in Indonesia: more than 500 foreigners detained for illegal gambling On Saturday, May 9, 2026, authorities detained 321 foreigners in an office in Central Jakarta, including 228 people from Vietnam, 57 from China, 13 from Myanmar, 11 from Laos, five from Thailand and three from Cambodia, accordi…
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Indonesian police arrested more than 300 foreign nationals, including hundreds of Vietnamese citizens, in a major online gambling crackdown in West Jakarta.
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