Indonesian police have confiscated assets worth over $3 million after a raid on a suspected online gambling ring.
The South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office confirmed it had taken control of IDR 55 billion ($3.25 million) worth of “evidence” after a police raid, the Indonesian media outlet Tempo reported.
Prosecutors explained the raid was carried out by the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency, also known as Bareskrim Polri.
A public prosecutor named Murari Azis said the office is ready to indict five suspects on gambling-related charges.
$3 Million Raid: Investigations Broaden
All forms of gambling are illegal in Indonesia. And police, the prosecution service, and government officials have recently launched a major crackdown on online gambling. They say they must act fast, with addiction rates continuing to soar.
The crackdown is intensifying nationwide, with Bareskrim Polri branches across the country arresting suspects and seizing funds.
Detectives are broadening their investigations and say this has helped them identify associated money laundering rings.
In Tangerang, Java, police officials say they have seized cash, buildings, top-end motorcycles, gold, and a “collection of luxury handbags” from a suspected money laundering kingpin.
Java-based Bareskrim Polri officials said the investigation began with a raid executed on December 4, 2025.
This raid saw police effectively shut down the online gambling sites CIVICTOTO and JALUTOTO, the Indonesian media outlet Sin Po reported.
These two sites generated net profits of up to $17,700 per month for their operators, police said.
As the investigation deepened, police said they found evidence that the alleged mastermind sat atop a network of at least 17 subordinates who helped him launder funds from the platforms.
“The suspect managed this illegal business like it was a professional company,” a senior Bareskrim Polri officer told reporters.
Online gambling addiction is spiraling in Indonesia, with government officials branding betting platforms a “social disaster.”
Addiction Cases Rise
Health officials say a rapidly growing number of residents have been admitted to the hospital with severe cases of gambling addiction.
Officials at the Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, in central Jakarta, say they have been treating a fast-growing number of gambling-addicted inpatients and outpatients.
As many as 9 million people in Indonesia have online gambling addictions, government officials have previously stated.
The Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar has previously visited the hospital. During a visit, he said, “Online gambling is a social disaster. It’s a disease that destroys social well-being.”
Police Issue Crime Wave Warnings
This rise in addiction is sparking a crime wave, police have warned.
The Indonesian media outlet VOI reported that officers in North Jakarta arrested a 24-year-old potable water depot employee suspected of stealing cash from his boss to gamble online.
The staffer allegedly stole a motorcycle, a mobile phone, and a drawer full of banknotes from the facility.
If found guilty, he faces a maximum jail term of seven years. Police said the man, who officers found hiding at his grandmother’s house, has made a full confession.
In recent weeks, police in North Sumatra said they had shut down a cross-border gambling syndicate with suspected links to Cambodia.
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