Law Enforcement of Online Prostitution Criminal in the Police Resort of Padang City

Prostitution activities develop along with the development of technology. Technological developments that originally had a positive impact on human activities, globalization, were misused by elements who were not responsible for the spread of prostitution activities whose transactions were carried out online, which we usually know as online prostitution, therefore there is a need for research on online prostitution in Padang city. The online media that are often used are Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook, Michat. Padang is one of the cities where online prostitution has been found. The formulation of the problem in this research is 1). How is law enforcement carried out by the Padang City Resort Police against online prostitution crimes in the jurisdiction of the Padang City Resort Police 2). What are the obstacles in law enforcement carried out by the Padang City Resort Police against online prostitution crimes in the jurisdiction of the Padang City Resort Police. The research method used by the author is using a sociological juridical approach which is carried out by means of field research. while the writing is descriptive. The data source for this study was obtained by the authors from the results of field research at the Padang City Police by conducting interviews with related parties, as well as library research. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that 1) Law enforcement carried out by the Padang City Resort Police against online prostitution crimes in the jurisdiction of Padang City is carried out through repressive and preventive efforts. Preventive efforts carried out by the police are observing or detecting locations that have the potential to become causes and opportunities for online prostitution by pimps and repressive actions carried out by the police by taking legal action against criminals (pimps) according to their actions. 2) As for the obstacles in law enforcement carried out by the Padang City Resort Police against the crime of online prostitution, article 27 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law does not explain the definition and instructions regarding elements of violating decency, giving rise to various interpretations of one legal norm. Limitations of law enforcement, Human Resources (HR) owned by the Padang Police who understand information technology, incomplete supporting facilities and facilities and the large number of people who do not participate in implementing or exploring any socialization carried out by the Padang Police, one of which is to protect all network-based electronics Internet. The community in this case also has a role in assisting law enforcement for this prostitution problem, where the public can report when there is immoral content contained on social media that contains elements of online prostitution, and law enforcers are more serious in handling online prostitution crime cases. that occurred in the scope of the Padang Police, because it was increasingly happening in society