Director of Audit Analysis I Center for Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK), Muhammad Novian said state officials tend to do money laundering Corruption through digital currency nor casino (gambling house).
“State organizer or professional money launderhas a tendency to launder the proceeds of corruption through digital media currency and also the use of casinos,” said Novian in the discussion on the ‘Corruption Perception Index and the Momentum of the Indonesian G20 Presidency’, Friday (18/2).
Novian revealed that money laundering through casinos throughout 2021 reached US$56,888,052 or equivalent to Rp815,333,783,277. The number of money laundering via digital currency reached US $ 6 million.
In addition, said Novian, other money laundering patterns used are through financial institutions, financial companies, insurance companies, investment companies, and money or foreign exchange companies.
Then the medium used other than the casino is a real estate agency, metal or stone seller, lawyer, gambling agency or nightclub, too stockbrokers or players on the stock exchange.
The data was obtained from a study of cases in seven countries, namely Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore, which were collected from 2017 to 2021.
“From the existing typology, PPATK has managed to see that money laundering from the proceeds of corruption in 2019 is the most dominant category is state administrators,” said Novian.
“The party that reports the most is the banking sector, then the economic sector. The most dominant is natural resources or natural resources that have a high risk,” he said.
Novian gave an example of money laundering cases that are increasingly occurring through foreign exchange companies. The money for bribes is brought from the currency company when it enters Indonesia.
“A massive transaction was carried out using US dollars, using a foreign exchange company to disguise it as if it was a foreign exchange business from dollars to rupiah,” said Novian.
“That [terjadi] at the border [negara]. Foreign exchange officers carry cash for transactions, even though it is to bribe officials in Indonesia. The reason used seems to be from the money changing business,” he added.
Novian stated that cases throughout 2021 were considered dangerous because the level of cases was increasing. It also stated red flag or red flags for money laundering.
(abd / fra)
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