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Indonesian authorities uncover major drug racket run from prison cells

Some 75 percent of drug distribution was run by several inmates from prison cells, information from Indonesias ...

Anti-graft agency questions Jakarta official in land reclamation bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has questioned Heru Budi Hartono, head of Jakartas Regional Financial and ...

Prisoner-run syndicate smuggled 800 kg meth from Malaysia since 2012

An international drug syndicate involving two Indonesian prisoners had smuggled some 800 kilograms (kg) of crystal ...

Indonesian senior minister calls for separate prison for drug convicts

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said on Tuesday drug convicts ...

Killer of New York`s Kitty Genovese dies in prison

The convicted murderer of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, a 28-year-old New York City bartender whose 1964 slaying became ...

Narcotics agency uncovers drug trafficking controlled from prison

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has revealed a drug trafficking syndicate controlled from the Cirebon Correctional ...

Big business leader prohibited to leave country

A big business leader has been prohibited to leave the country over alleged corruption case linked to Jakarta Bay ...

Tito to focus on terrorism prevention

The new chief of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), Inspector General Tito Karnavian, said here on ...

NTT establishes terrorist prevention coordination forum

The Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has set up a terrorist prevention coordination forum in an effort ...

KPK conducts search of internal ministry over alleged corruption charges

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched the Home Affairs Ministry on Tuesday following an alleged ...

Saving Young Indonesians From Being Radicalized

The Indonesian military and police have been launching a manhunt through the Tinombala Operation 2016 since January 10 ...

Govt to intensify fight against drug trafficking

President Joko Widodo has called for intense efforts to fight the distribution of narcotic drugs in view of the ...

50% of narcotics circulated in prisons: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has estimated that about 50 percent illegal drugs in Indonesia are circulated through ...

Narcotics agency to charge illegal drug traffickers with money laundering

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said it will use the money laundering law to charge drug trafficking suspects. ...

Ten convicts escape prison in Papua

Ten convicts are still on the run after escaping from the Abepura Prison on Tuesday and are believed to be hiding in ...