Bali court jails 35 Indian nationals over online gambling operation
The defendants told the court they had been victims of international human trafficking, saying they were recruited in India through employment agencies and promised legitimate jobs in Bali as data-entry staff and security guards.
The Denpasar District Court in Bali has sentenced 35 Indian nationals to between two and two-and-a-half years in prison for operating an online gambling business. The defendants claimed they were victims of human trafficking, having been recruited in India through employment agencies and promised legitimate jobs as data-entry staff and security guards.
The court found the defendants guilty of violating Article 426 of the Indonesian Criminal Code on online gambling and ordered their deportation to India after serving their sentences, barring them from returning to Indonesia. The court cited the defendants' involvement in transnational crime and their actions against Indonesia's efforts to eradicate online gambling as aggravating factors, while considering their admission of guilt and promise to refrain from future offenses as mitigating factors.
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