TPPU Task Force: 18 Reports Become Examination Priorities Because The Value Is Significant

JAKARTA - The Head of the Implementing Team of the Money Laundering Crime Task Force, Sugeng Purnomo, explained that as many as 18 suspicious transaction reports from a total of 300 reports from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) were the priority for the task force examination because the value was significant.

The TPPU Task Force examines odd transactions within the Ministry of Finance sourced from 300 analysis reports (LHA), examination reports (LHP), and information from PPATK with a total value of IDR 349 trillion.

"Of the 18 LHAs, LHPs, and information that we set as priority scales, the value reached Rp. 281.6 trillion. Therefore, it means that from the Rp. 349 trillion the percentage has reached around 80 percent," said Sugeng Purnomo when delivering the work development of the TPPU Task Force virtually reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 8.

Of the 18 reports that are priority for the examination, Sugeng explained, as many as 10 of them are reports from the PPATK submitted to agencies at the Ministry of Finance. The reports were handled by the Working Group (Pokja) 1 of the TPPU Task Force.

"The details are from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) there are four, then the Directorate General of Taxes there are three, and the remaining three information is presented by the Inspectorate General," he said.

Then, as many as eight reports have been submitted by PPATK to law enforcement officials, then the reports are the responsibility of the Pokja 2 of the TPPU Task Force.

In detail, as many as four reports were handled by the police and four reports were handled by the prosecutor.

"From the investigation carried out, it was given an explanation by police friends that two cases or two reports sent by PPATK had been declared complete and had been submitted to prosecution. In fact, there is one (report) that already has permanent legal force," said Sugeng.

However, there was one report whose investigation was stopped because there was not enough evidence to continue the legal process.

Meanwhile, of the four reports handled by the prosecutor's office, one of them is still in the process of being investigated, to be precise by the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office. The rest, one case was terminated by the prosecutor because the alleged perpetrator died, and one case was terminated due to lack of evidence.

"There is a report on the results of the PPATK examination that was sent to the prosecutor's office covering several areas, to be precise five areas, but I cannot provide the information where. Of the five areas, there is not enough evidence for one area. So specifically those will be closed (stopped), but in four areas it continues," said Sugeng explaining the progress of one report from the PPATK handled by the prosecutor's office.