JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung revealed that he had met the Deputy for Analysis and Inspection of PPATK to confirm the findings of the circulation of funds which almost reached Rp. 1,000 trillion or Rp. 1 Quadrillion from mining gold without a permit (PETI).
"This one, we are confirming with PPATK. I have met with the deputy for analysis and supervision at PPATK, so that this is the right of the state that must be accepted by the state," Yuliot told the media at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Friday, January 30.
Yuliot said that this meeting aims to ensure that the country can obtain rights from the circulation of the funds.
The former Minister of Investment and Industrialization/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) said that financial transactions in the case of illegal mining were quite complicated and detailed.
"It's on the first, second screen or it uses other parties," said Yuliot.
Previously, the Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) noted that during the period 2023-2025, the total nominal value of transactions suspected of being related to PETI reached IDR 185.03 trillion, with a total fund turnover of IDR 992 trillion.
PPATK noted the alleged unlicensed gold mining (PETI) in various regions of Indonesia, including illegal gold distribution spread in Papua, West Kalimantan, Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Java Island, and other islands, as well as the practice of the flow of gold from PETI to foreign markets.
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