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        "msgid": "polri-calls-on-banks-to-tighten-account-opening-procedures-1772697682",
        "date": "2026-03-05 13:37:08",
        "title": "Polri calls on banks to tighten account-opening procedures",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Polri\u2019s Cybercrime Directorate has urged banks to tighten know-your-customer and anti-money laundering controls to prevent online gambling crimes. It also proposed centralising account checks at head offices to speed up enforcement, and reported a Rp58.1 billion asset seizure handover to the Attorney General\u2019s Office as part of asset recovery from online gambling-related crime.",
        "content": "<p>The Cybercrime Directorate (Dittipidsiber) of the Indonesian National\nPolice\u2019s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has called on\nbanks to tighten account-opening procedures to prevent online gambling\ncrimes (judol).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect banks to tighten account-opening procedures by strictly\nand comprehensively applying know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money\nlaundering (AML) principles,\u201d said the Directorate of Cyber Crime\n(Dirtipidsiber) of Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji,\nat the Bareskrim building in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He added that banks are also expected to have early-detection systems\nto close off the space for judol perpetrators attempting to misuse\nthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet there be no accounts used as operational channels for online\ngambling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in discussions with banking sector representatives, it was\nagreed that examinations of accounts of judol suspects could be\nconducted only at one place, namely at the head office. This is to\nstreamline the law-enforcement process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a good form of synergy, a good approach, so that we have a\nsingle solution to accelerate the handling of online gambling,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri handed over assets\namounting to Rp58.1 billion derived from asset seizures in judol cases\nto the Attorney General\u2019s Office (Kejaksaan Agung) to be deposited to\nthe state.<\/p>\n<p>Himawan explained that the asset handover is an implementation of\nSupreme Court Regulation (Perma) Number 1 of 2013, particularly relating\nto assets derived from offences of money laundering (TPPU) with the\noriginal offence of online gambling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s asset execution is a concrete follow-up to the Analysis\nReport (LHA) provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis\nCentre (PPATK) to the Cybercrime Directorate at Bareskrim Polri,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the one-star police general said that the asset\nexecution represents Polri\u2019s commitment to supporting the government\u2019s\npriority programme relating to asset recovery derived from crime,\nespecially online gambling.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/polri-calls-on-banks-to-tighten-account-opening-procedures-1772697682",
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