Police to teach schoolchildren about cybercrime

Jakarta Police says it is planning to conduct a series of talks with high school students and the public to improve awareness about the dangers of cybercrime, in particular prostitution and human trafficking.

Police spokesman Com. Baharudin Djafar on Thursday said police would intensify their surveillance of cyberspace to anticipate crimes conducted through social networks such as Facebook, tempointeraktif.com reported.

Earlier this week, police busted a prostitution ring conducted through Facebook and arrested a woman identified as Ade or Dede, who was acting as a pimp, and one of her clients. Police said the woman had recruited at least seven junior high school students to become prostitutes.