PPATK Requests Additional Budget to Combat Online Gambling
The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has requested an additional budget of Rp516.4 billion for 2027. The budget increase is intended to strengthen the eradication of online gambling, money laundering (TPPU), and various other financial crimes. The request was submitted during a working meeting with Commission III of the House of Representatives at the DPR complex on Wednesday, 17 June 2026. “The proposed additional budget for the 2027 fiscal year of Rp516.4 billion is hoped to be fulfilled at the stage of setting the budget ceiling in July 2026,” said PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana during the meeting. During the meeting, PPATK stated that its institutional budget requirement for 2027 amounts to Rp769.8 billion. However, based on a Joint Letter from Bappenas and the Minister of Finance dated 7 May 2026, the indicative ceiling received by PPATK was only Rp253.3 billion. The additional budget will be used for several programmes, including the National Priority Work Programme (PKPN) of the 2027 Government Work Plan (RKP), specifically Rp660 million for analysis and examination of the narcotics and gambling sectors. The additional budget will also be used for office operational costs of Rp292.7 billion, information technology maintenance of Rp19.3 billion, salary and allowance operations of Rp206 billion, and office maintenance and operations of Rp26.7 billion. PPATK explained that the additional budget is needed to support the implementation of the national strategy for preventing and eradicating money laundering and terrorism financing, as well as to strengthen the handling of financial transactions related to online gambling, narcotics, corruption, and tax crimes. In its 2027 work plan, PPATK has designated the optimisation of financial intelligence products as one of its flagship programmes. The programme is directed at supporting state revenue, preventing and eradicating illicit narcotics trafficking, and combating online gambling, which has become a government focus in recent years. Furthermore, PPATK has three flagship programmes aimed at strengthening Indonesia’s readiness to face the Mutual Evaluation Review (MER) in 2029–2030. The first is the optimisation of financial intelligence products to contribute to state revenue through the prevention and eradication of narcotics abuse and illicit trafficking programme (P4GN) and the eradication of online gambling. The second is the implementation of the roadmap for Indonesia’s MER preparation for 2029–2030 by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The last is an effort to support the development of a digital ecosystem based on search and artificial intelligence applications to enhance financial transaction analysis capabilities. In addition, PPATK has also been mandated to carry out several national priority programmes, including international cooperation within FATF membership, implementation of the national anti-money laundering and terrorism financing prevention strategy, and analysis and examination of transactions in the corruption, narcotics, gambling, and taxation sectors. According to PPATK, the proposed additional budget will be used to strengthen PPATK’s transaction analysis and examination capabilities, reporting data management and reporting party compliance supervision, domestic and international cooperation related to TPPU, TPPT, and PPSPM, the formulation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing strategies and policies, information technology management, PPATK legal and regulatory affairs, and anti-money laundering education and training.