Indonesia's BNPT: 230 Arrested for Funding Terrorist Groups

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) reported that 230 individuals were arrested between 2023 and 2025 for allegedly financing terrorist groups, underscoring ongoing concerns over extremism funding networks.

In the same period, 362 individuals were prosecuted for terrorism-related offenses, most of them linked to Islamic State (ISIS), BNPT said.

“There are 230 individuals arrested for providing funding to terrorist groups,” BNPT’s Director of Enforcement, Brig. Gen. Mochamad Rosidi, said in a written statement on Friday, February 13, 2026.

Rosidi added that authorities had also foiled 27 planned terrorist attacks during the 2023–2025 period.

He noted the involvement of women in extremist activities, with 11 women identified as participating in terrorism cases.

According to BNPT, women played roles ranging from managing social media groups and producing propaganda content to fundraising and coordinating communications among terrorist networks.

The agency also highlighted the increasing use of digital platforms for extremist activities. BNPT recorded 137 active perpetrators misusing digital space for terrorism-related purposes. Of these, 32 individuals were exposed to radical content online and later joined terrorist networks, while 17 others engaged in extremist activities in cyberspace without direct ties to organized groups.

Rosidi said terrorist financing methods have also become more adaptive, evolving alongside technological developments. Authorities documented 16 funding cases using various fundraising methods, with total amounts reaching up to Rp5 billion.

BNPT said it will continue strengthening digital monitoring and financial tracking efforts to prevent further radicalization and disrupt funding channels for extremist groups in Indonesia.