The funds were detected to have flowed out of Indonesia to 20 other countries.
A clerk poses with Indonesia n rupiah banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024. JAKARTA: Indonesia ’s financial intelligence government agency has blocked some 5,000 bank accounts related to online gambling that are said to have channelled trillions of rupiah overseas.
While the PPATK did not identify the 20 countries, the agency’s head of public relations M Natsir Kongah had previously said that there were several countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations where illicit money from online gambling in Indonesia had been parked. "The mechanism, we already know how the perpetrators send to small dealers, from small dealers to large dealers ... It also turns out that a lot of money from online gambling is fled abroad, and the value is above five trillion rupiah ," said Mr Natsir.
Online gambling, Mr Natsir warned, is also closely related to other legal violations, including illegal online loans and fraud. Government officials have also suggested there are links between online gambling and money laundering.
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