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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said there was a strong indication that alleged human trafficking crimes in Batam involved government officials and private parties.
Riau Islands will form a special task force to tighten supervision at several ports that are being used by illegal Indonesian migrant workers to leave and .
BATAM, Indonesia Indonesian officials in Sumatra’s Riau Islands province have reported a 280% increase in seizures of mangrove wood from would-be smugglers this year, attributing the surge in illegal logging to economic hardship among local fishers. Provincial police said they had confiscated 21,186 mangrove logs so far in 2021, up from 7,647 logs in […]