Jakarta, July 17 -- Indonesia's national narcotic agency (BNN) has revealed that Bali has become a sophisticated and well-organized drug trafficking hotspot with Russian and Ukrainian nationals operating syndicates here, state media reported.

Antara news agency cited the head of BNN, Police Commissioner General Marthinus Hukom, stating that his agency has detected the drug trafficking network uses advanced distributed ledger technology, particularly blockchain, to run businesses while staying under the radar of law enforcement agencies.

"This is a very unique phenomenon, where nationals of Russia and Ukraine--two countries currently at war--have become partners in the crime (of) drug trafficking in Bali," Hukom said while delivering a p...