WHAT is safe from theft in this republic? All sectors of the economy seem to be pilfered, one way or the other, including banking—a business that relies on trust. Appallingly, from 2007 to 2010 there were more than 15,000 cases of theft and fraud at 14,000 bank branches throughout Indonesia. Almost all of these crimes have involved insiders.

The recent theft at the Jababeka branch of Bank Mega is another addition to this long list of white-col