PENEGAKAN HUKUM DALAM PENANGGULANGAN TINDAK PIDANA PENIPUAN MELALUI APLIKASI WHATSAPP DI KOTA KUPANG

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Technological progress can be said to be a double-edged sword, it can be used for good and evil purposes at the same time. One of the negative impacts of the internet is cybercrime or mayantara crime, which is a type of crime used by perpetrators related to the unlimited use of information andcommunication technology in the form of technological engineering. Efforts to overcome crime through repressive and preventive channels. So far, the perpetrators of cyber crime have not all been able to be prosecuted as a result of the weak cyber legislation system in Indonesia. The aim of this research is to find out and analyze law enforcement and what factors hinder criminal acts of fraud via the WhatsApp
application in Kupang City. The method used is empirical juridical and normative juridical, the data source is primary data by conducting interviews with investigators at the Kupang City Police and secondary data is from conducting library research on research materials. Based on research results, Law Enforcement in Overcoming Fraud Crimes Using the WhatsApp
Application in the City of Kupang has taken several actions such as preventive and repressive legal actions carried out by the police when online crimes occur, the police have taken firm action against these cases based on applicable legal regulations. .regulated in Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic  Information Technology (ITE) ITE Article 45A Paragraph (1). However, if you look at the human resource capabilities currently possessed by the Police, they are still limited to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta, and the Regional Police before specifically having a special task force to deal with cybercrime, especially at the level of the District Police and Regional Police, meanwhile
Cybercrime does not only occur in big cities, it can also occur in small towns or villages that have internet access. There are obstacles in overcoming criminal acts of electronic transaction fraud in Kupang City, namely legal factors, society, culture, facilities and facilities, and law enforcement factors. Law enforcement officials should need synergy between a participatory community and law enforcement officials who are democratic, transparent, responsible and oriented towards actual protection.
Keywords: Law Enforcement, Cyber Crime.