Regarding The Eradication Of Judol, Coordinating Minister Yusril: It's Not Effective If It's Not Related To Money Laundering

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra delivered a speech at the Strengthening Committee for Money Laundering (TPPU) at the Head Office of Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK), Jakarta, Tuesday (4/11/2025). BETWEEN/HO-Humas PPATK

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction Yusril Ihza Mahendra said law enforcement in the context of eradicating online gambling (judol) would not be effective if it was not linked to money laundering or money laundering.

"In my opinion, the articles in the old Criminal Code will not be effective in eradicating gambling if they are not associated with money laundering offenses based on Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Eradication of Money Laundering," said Yusril at the Head Office of Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK), Jakarta, Tuesday, confiscated by Antara.

Yusril explained that the gambling articles regulated in the old Criminal Code (KUHP) actually pose a fairly serious threat. However, this regulation needs to be strengthened by punishing judol actors with the money laundering offense article.

"Law enforcement officers, in this case the police, can combine investigations and investigations into anyone involved in online gambling while at the same time investigating their money laundering offenses," said Yusril, who is also the Chairman of the Money Laundering Committee.

In fact, he added, based on Article 69 of the Money Laundering Law, legal steps for investigations, investigations, prosecutions, and examinations at court courts are not required to prove their original crime first.

Yusril explained that prosecution of judol has often been hampered because it focuses only on the perpetrators or the platform, while the financial network behind it has not been fully touched.

Through the TPPU approach, the government can track, freeze, and confiscate the proceeds of crimes used to finance and expand the online gambling operation.

"If gambling is only eradicated based on gambling articles, it will not be able to solve the problem. However, if it is associated with money laundering offenses, the result is very devastating because money laundering offenses can detect suspicious transactions with suspicious accounts," he said.

In this case, PPATK is given the authority by law to carry out temporary examination and termination of suspicious financial transactions that should be suspected of being related to the circulation of judol.

"If regarding the temporary suspension of transactions that object within 20 days after being determined, PPATK submits the transaction to investigators," explained the Coordinating Minister.

"Meanwhile, if within 30 days the perpetrators of the crime are not found, the investigator can submit a request to the court to decide the assets as state assets or return them to those who are entitled," said Yusril.