JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM - Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) at National Police Headquarters discloses foreign currency exchanging through money changers used widely as an act of crime becoming a trend amid the society, Including, transaction tool for funding terrorism.

Director of Special Crimes (Dirtipidsus) at Police Criminal Investigation Agency Police Brigadier General of Police Agung Setya disclosed this at Police Headquarters, Thursday (3/30/2017).

"Criminal transactions through money changers become trend. Almost similar to via Bitcoin, but here he [perpetrator] holds physical money," said Agung.

Based on the Police findings, as many as 750 non-bank foreign exchange business activities were illegal. Perpetrators often conduct transactions, sending or exchanging money with his accomplice. This is like a crime of hacking electronic mail owned by a company to access financial data.

"Company’s email is hijacked, transaction is deflected to a bank. From the bank it is deflected again to fake money changer like this. So, for example, it is moved we have never met him," said Agung.

Therefore, Agung admitted, Bareskrim cooperated with the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center/INTRAC in exploring allegations of terrorism financing. INTRAC is now revamping to overcome this matter.

INTRAC itself has found financial bases like Bitcoin and PayPal which are alternative for criminals to hide their money.

Based on the search, the police managed to find the origin of the funds for the recruitment of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) front man from Indonesia Bahrun Naim. (*)