TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Batam Customs Main Office has revealed the case of the misuse of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) registration through a practice known as “jockeying”. Evi Octavia, Head of Compliance Guidance and Information Services Section of Batam Customs, confirmed that 42 mobile phone units were seized during the operation.
“This modus is used to avoid payment of import duties and taxes as part of the import duty on goods entering Indonesia which should be imposed on mobile devices,” Evi said in a written statement quoted from Antara, Thursday, February 6, 2025.
The operation took place at two different locations. The first bust occurred on Monday,…