Jakarta, May 9 -- The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol Indonesia, along with the Foreign Affairs Ministry, plans to consolidate efforts by forming a task force to address transnational crime in the country.

The Secretary of the NCB Interpol Indonesia, Brigadier General Untung Widyatmoko, of the National Police's International Relations Division, conveyed that there has been a recent shift in transnational crime to Indonesia.

"After the crackdown in Indochina, the crime shifted to Indonesia, and we certainly anticipated and predicted this," he remarked in a press conference on Saturday.

He further explained that law enforcement actions have been conducted in the Indochina region, especially in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietn...