Coordinating Minister Yusril: The State Has The Right To Confiscate Bandar Money And Online Judicial Players

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Correction Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the state has the right to seize money from dealers and online gambling players (judol) based on court decisions.

Yusril, who is also the National Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering or the Money Laundering Committee, explained that this action is a new breakthrough in the steps to eradicate judol that will be carried out by the government.

The state has the right to seize money from dealers and gambling players based on a court decision. The mechanism can be done in just seven days to be decided, in accordance with applicable legal provisions," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 4.

According to Yusril, confiscation of money from judol crimes can be carried out with a fast event process, namely in just seven days according to the provisions of Article 64 '67 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU).

"This is part of the country's real efforts in upholding legal sovereignty and eradicating digital economic crime," he said.

The Coordinating Minister emphasized that judol is a serious crime that causes economic and social losses. Therefore, law enforcement officers must take advantage of the available legal mechanisms to take action and seize the proceeds of these crimes.

He explained that bookies can only be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison according to Article 303 of the Criminal Code, while gambling players can be sentenced to three years in prison under Article 303 of the Criminal Code's buses.

According to him, because all types of gambling, both conventional and online, are crimes, the proceeds of gambling can be categorized as money resulting from criminal acts.

"When the money is put into the financial system or transferred with the aim of being 'whitened out', the action is classified as money laundering," he said.

He admitted that the provisions of Article 64 of the Law on Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering were rarely applied optimally. In fact, he said, these articles are close to the concept of confiscation of assets resulting from crimes that apply in many developed countries.

"It's time for our law enforcement officers to apply this provision firmly. The state must not lose to the judionline dealer who destroys the nation's morals and economy," the Coordinating Minister emphasized.

In addition, he also admitted that gambling money often escapes monitoring because it uses crypto and digital wallets. However, he believes, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) will not lose its mind.

He also explained that PPATK has the authority to examine suspicious financial transactions and can ask financial service providers, such as banks or other money-sending institutions, to temporarily suspend transactions that are suspected to come from judol results.

"If within 20 days there is no objection from any party, PPATK submits its findings to investigators. And if within 30 days the owner of the money does not appear, then the investigator can submit a request to the court so that the money is designated as a state asset," he explained.