Indonesian Police Lack Hardware, Skills to Combat Online Gambling

12 January 2009

The Jakarta Post, a daily English language newspaper in Indonesia, reported that even though online gambling is “widespread” in Jambi, Indonesia, police say they lack the skills and hardware necessary to trace users.

"We have no special room for surfing to trace the user names and passwords of the gamblers," Eko Daniyanto, Jambi City Police chief, told the newspaper. ”The passwords change often. So we haven't been able to track them.”

Despite the challenges, the police chief told the paper that illegal gambling and lotteries remain a growing concern.