INDONESIA Develops National Fraud Portal to Strengthen Anti-Scam Response

Posted by Asia Views | May 25, 2026 | 0 |

JakartaGlobe-May 24

Indonesia’s Anti-Scam Center is developing a National Fraud Portal, an integrated platform aimed at accelerating the handling of financial fraud cases and strengthening coordination among institutions to protect consumers from illegal financial activities. The Financial Services Authority (OJK) said the development of the National Fraud Portal is currently in the cross-agency coordination stage to ensure governance readiness, operational preparedness, and data integration. “The process includes aligning governance aspects, operational readiness, and the data integration required to ensure the system can operate effectively,” Dicky Kartikoyono, Chief Executive for Consumer Protection at the OJK, said in a statement on Sunday. Dicky said the National Fraud Portal is designed as an integrated platform to enable faster, more coordinated fraud handling. “The system will facilitate report collection, information exchange, and support the tracing of transactions suspected of fraud, enabling a more efficient response to cases,” he said. According to Dicky, the main objective of the portal is to accelerate fraud identification, speed up follow-up actions, and strengthen inter-agency cooperation in protecting the public from financial losses.

The Indonesian Anti-Scam Center currently serves as the country’s main hub for handling financial transaction fraud. Since beginning operations on Nov. 22, 2024, the center has received 548,093 reports of suspected fraud. From those reports, authorities have blocked 485,758 bank accounts linked to alleged scams, involving total victim losses of Rp 614.3 billion ($34.7 million). The center has also recorded 106,477 phone numbers reported in connection with fraud cases. To strengthen enforcement efforts, the Financial Services Authority said the Anti-Scam Center will collaborate with mobile network operators in following up on public complaints. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/indonesia-develops-national-fraud-portal-to-strengthen-antiscam-response#goog_rewarded

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

INDONESIA Develops National Fraud Portal to Strengthen Anti-Scam Response

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