KPK Invites G20 Countries To Investigate Money Laundering Together

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) invites G20 participating countries to jointly investigate the crime of money laundering (TPPU). This step was taken because many perpetrators of corruption in the country took the money they got abroad.

"Issues related to prosecution, of course the KPK encourages the regulatory framework and the task of supervising the role of the legal profession on money laundering proceeds from corruption," said KPK Deputy Chair Lili Pintauli Siregar as quoted from KPK RI YouTube, Saturday, March 5.

This cooperation related to money laundering, continued Lili, is important. In fact, this is included in the four priority issues that will continue to be echoed by the KPK in organizing international forums involving G20 countries.

"Of course this is very important to support prevention program activities in terms of money laundering and corruption proceeds by compiling a collection of good practices related to regulations, as well as supervising the role of the legal profession on money laundering from the proceeds of corruption in G20 countries," he said. .

In the future, the KPK hopes that with international assistance, including the G20 participating countries, the pursuit of the assets of the perpetrators of corruption can be easily carried out. So that cross-border money laundering can be quickly pursued.

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said that a lot of money from corruptors in the country was transferred abroad. This statement was obtained according to a report from the Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK).

"The PPATK report states that there are still many modes of transferring assets from corruption proceeds abroad," said Mahfud as a keynote speaker at the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group Kick Off event broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Friday, March 4.

After being transferred, he continued, the assets were then taken according to the needs of the perpetrators. This is something that must be followed up by all parties, including the global world.

With this condition, Mahfud said that money laundering and money laundering should indeed be one of the important global issues to be discussed in the international forum. So that all modes of money laundering to hide assets resulting from crimes can be detected.

"This effort is expected to detect modes of asset concealment, such as the mode of international trade transactions, cash smuggling modes, stock trading modes, and so on," said Mahfud.