Mahfud MD Forms Task Force To Investigate IDR 349 Trillion Odd Transactions At The Ministry Of Finance, Members From The Police To BIN

Chairman of the National Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) Mahfud MD (Photo: RIzky AP/VOI)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) as well as Chairman of the National Committee for the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU) Mahfud MD emphasized that his party would form a task force (Satgas). The Task Force is tasked with investigating suspicious transactions worth IDR 349 trillion within the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu). Later, the task force will investigate all suspicious transactions contained in the Analysis Result Report (LHA) and the Examination Result Report (LHP) of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) for the period 2009 to 2023. "The committee will soon form a joint team or task force that will carry out supervision to follow up on all LHA LHP with an aggregate value of more than Rp. 349 trillion," said Mahfud at the PPATK Office, Monday, April 10. The investigation was carried out by case building. This means that the data from PPATK will be traced to a construction of alleged criminal acts from the start. The task force at the National TPPU Committee will consist of law enforcement agencies. In fact, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) was also involved. "The joint team for the task force will involve PPATK, Directorate General of Taxes, Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Bareskrim Polri, Pidsus AGO, OJK Supervision Sector, BIN, and Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs," he said. In the near future, the task force will begin investigating the most transactions from the PPATK Examination Result Report (LHP) data regarding suspicious transactions worth IDR 349 trillion to the Ministry of Finance. Meanwhile, the largest transaction value of all suspicious transactions at the Ministry of Finance reached IDR 189 trillion.

"The committee will carry out case building by prioritizing the largest-valued LHP," said Mahfud.