REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Jakarta Police have secured 62 foreigners from Taiwan in raids at three locations in Pantai Indah Kapuk, North Jakarta some time ago. They indicated committed fraudulent practices through cyberspace.

Jakarta Police spokesman, Sr. Comr Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono said all 62 foreigners had been handed over to the immigration authorities and all Taiwanese citizens have been deported. "Immigration has handled 62 citizens of Taiwan. All of them already been deported," Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono said to Republika.co.id, Tuesday (March 14).

In addition of 62 Taiwan residents, Argo said, it also had arrested Indonesian citizen who provide accomodation for those Taiwanese. "Indonesia citizen has home, they lived at there. We investigated, if there is involvement or not, but we have not found involvement (Indonesia citizen)," Argo said.

Argo affirmed, in this case, no indications of human trafficking. He said, they are just did fraud and the victims also Taiwanese. "It's just a pure fraud. It Taiwanese citizens came to Indonesia who committed fraud to the Taiwanese people over there," Argo said.

Previously Jakarta Police raided three locations in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Street (Jalan) Camar Elok V, Number 20, Street Manyar 4 and Manyar 7. Three locations as the headquarters syndicate of fraudulent activities in international network.

They did fraud in Taiwan with the mode pretending as law enforcement agency and called the victims to scare them and asked the victims to transfer money. Allegations of fraud is targeting victims from China and Taiwan.

They made Jakarta as the headquarters of online fraud, due to management of a visit visa was easy. The cyber criminal was believed stayed almost a month in Indonesia.

In this case, police also seized a number of items of evidence in the form of dozens of million rupiah cash, money in Yuan, Ringgit, Peso, dozens of phones, laptop, HT, passbooks, ATM cards, and Taiwan passports.

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