Rp58.185 billion in online gambling proceeds displayed, to be deposited to the state

Jakarta — The Cyber Crime Directorate (Direktorat Tindak Pidana Siber) of the National Police’s Bareskrim on Thursday (5 March 2026) displayed a stack of money totalling Rp 58,185,165,803 that originated from online gambling crimes at a press conference in the Awaloedin Djamin Building, Bareskrim, Jakarta. The tens of billions of rupiah were proceeds from state-seized assets in a money-laundering case linked to online gambling. According to Kompas.com’s observations at the scene, the cash was initially unloaded from a transport vehicle and neatly wrapped in plastic. Officials then moved the money on a small trolley to the press conference room on the first floor of the Awaloedin Djamin Building. All the money on display consisted of Rp 100,000 notes arranged into several large bundles. Brig. Gen. Himawan Bayu Aji, Director of Cyber Crime at Bareskrim Polri, said the event constituted both a press release and the execution of state-seized assets pursuant to Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) No. 1 of 2013. He explained that the assets originated from money-laundering crimes stemming from online gambling. In the event, the Cyber Crime Directorate also handed over the objects of execution to the government through the Attorney General’s Office (Kejaksaan Agung). The handover was conducted so that the proceeds could be deposited into the state treasury. “Today we handed over the results of the objects of execution to the Attorney General’s Office as the government’s representation for subsequent deposits to the state,” he said. He added that this step is part of the police’s commitment to supporting the government’s priority programme related to asset recovery from crime, especially online gambling. He emphasised that online gambling not only violates the law but also has broad impacts on the national economy. “We realise that online gambling crime harms the national economic order,” he said. Therefore, the implementation of Perma No. 1 of 2013 is considered an important instrument in law enforcement, particularly in handling money-laundering crimes originating from illegal activities such as online gambling.