Sad! Money Laundering Related To Taxes And Customs Has Been Proven To Be IDR 7 Trillion

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) Suahasil Nazara explained that the crime of money laundering (TPPU) is a crime that can be investigated and followed up. According to him, the law regarding money laundering offenses registers whatever could be the origin of the crime.

"There are so many. There are two related to the Ministry of Finance, tax crimes and customs and excise crimes," he said as reported by the official website on Wednesday, March 15.

The Deputy Minister of Finance stated that his party continues to research and explore the crime of taxes and customs and excise.

It was stated that, when the crime was developed into a money laundering crime, the basis was an intelligence report from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) in the form of transaction reports and analysis related to tax or customs and excise crimes.

"This is what the taxpayers do, which we examine to anyone, to any party, both person and agency. It is seen entirely that, if the term is a web Spiderer. So it is seen that the connection, the network is everywhere, and that is then what is understood as how much money is circulating," he said.

The Deputy Minister of Finance added that regarding the news regarding IDR 300 trillion transactions circulating within the Directorate General of Taxes and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, he emphasized that it was not a matter of the amount.

"But the problem is investigated one by one the link between tax and customs and excise crimes with anyone who receives money," he added.

He also admitted that it was true that the number that was said to be hundreds of trillions, but the Ministry of Finance's way of conducting the examination had to be thoroughly investigated.

"Since 2010, the Directorate General of Taxes has committed 17 cases of money laundering. It is proven that it has entered the court and there has been a verdict," he said.

The Deputy Sri Mulyani also conveyed that since Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering, the process of proving assets and assets must be accompanied by facts, not from the proceeds of money laundering.

If it turns out that he can't prove it, then the assets we previously suspected can be taken. This is already IDR 7 trillion which can be taken because it cannot be proven that this is not part of money laundering by the related parties," he said.

"This has also been reported by PPATK, also reported by the Directorate General of Taxes because we are in close cooperation," concluded Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazara