Juridical review of law enforcement on money launderers: case study from Indonesia
Abstract
Purpose
Efforts to prevent and eradicate the crime of money laundering require a strong legal basis to ensure legal certainty. This paper aims to analyse law enforcement on money launderers with juridical review perspectives.
Design/methodology/approach
The research method used in this study is the statute approach, which is to examine all laws and regulations related to the crime of money laundering. The writing method used is the normative method, which is a type of research that uses the analysis of certain legislation.
Findings
Three new findings were discovered. In assessing the validity or validation of a business ownership or business transaction, there are at least three pieces of evidence that need to be used, namely, presence/absence of company/business registration in an official government database; the presence/absence (including the amount) of tax reported on income tax and VAT; and the presence/absence of other legal documents relating to the existence or general licensing of a business.
Research limitations/implications
The results of this study are also expected to be helpful for the community, government agencies, or institutions, such as the police, to combat corruption, and money laundering. The Prosecutor's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) describe the handling of money laundering crimes originating from money laundering crimes.
Social implications
This research can provide an overview and input for the broader community as an early warning so as not to commit money laundering crimes.
Originality/value
This is one of the pioneer studies looking into law enforcement on money launderers with comprehensive juridical review.
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Acknowledgements
This study is supported by BINUS University 2022 funding, as a part of Research Grant of Proyek Inisiatif BINUS (BINUS Initiative Project) entitled “Publikasi International Bereputasi, Hak Kekayaan Intelektual dan Multidisiplin Research Output dalam Integrated Catur Dharma Perguruan Tinggi” or “Reputable International Publication, Intellectual Property Rights and Multidisciplinary Research Output in Integrated Catur Dharma College”.
Citation
Meiryani and Warganegara, D.L. (2022), "Juridical review of law enforcement on money launderers: case study from Indonesia", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMLC-05-2022-0062
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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