On May 7, a significant operation was conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police in collaboration with the Greater Jakarta Police. This raid targeted an illegal online gambling network operating from an office building in the Hayam Wuruk area of West Jakarta.
The investigation revealed that the network had rented two floors of the building and had been servicing approximately 75 international online gambling websites for about two months.
According to the director of the Criminal Investigation Department, law enforcement officials arrested a total of 321 individuals at the scene, including 320 foreigners and one Indonesian citizen. Among the foreigners, there were 228 Vietnamese nationals, 57 Chinese citizens, 13 from Myanmar, 11 from Laos, five from Thailand, and three each from Malaysia and Cambodia.
The arrested individuals were reportedly functioning as call center operators, customer support staff, administrators, and collection department employees. Authorities seized laptops, PCs, mobile phones, passports, safes, and cash amounting to $121,600 from the premises.