Rabu 13 Jun 2012 20:37 WIB

VP: Beware of Narcoterrorism

Rep: A Syalaby Ichsan/Erdy Nasrul/Satya Festiani / Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
Vice President Boediono (left) attend the opening of International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) in Bali, June 12-13. The two day conference that co-host by Indonesia and the US, is attended by around 300 participants from 73 countries.
Foto: Antara/Nyoman Budhiana
Vice President Boediono (left) attend the opening of International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) in Bali, June 12-13. The two day conference that co-host by Indonesia and the US, is attended by around 300 participants from 73 countries.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NUSA DUA - Drugs syndicate today was not only selling drugs for economy, but also related to terrorist group, the Vice President of Indonesia, Boediono, said.

"We have to be aware of the cooperation development between cartel and terrorist," Boediono said on Tuesday in International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) in Bali.

Narcotics trafficking, he said, considered as organized transnational crime as operationally it involved many people with broad networking who worked well organized and confidentially. Boediono invites every country to cooperate in eradicating drugs trafficking. "No country can solve this problem alone," he said firmly.

Indonesian government, he continued, had imposed national strategy and policy to eradicate narcotics from 2011-2015. They also provide social and medical rehabilitation for 4.2 million Indonesian who became the victims of drugs.