Suwarni Dawam Rahardjo, an expert staffer of the Office of the Minister of Women’s Empowerment, said that North Sulawesi, home to one of the largest operational networks of human trafficking syndicates in Indonesia, required special alertness. “The government has no official data, but the number of cases being handled by the police on a regular basis is significantly large,” she added.

The National Police indicated that North and South Su