Weaknesses in Money Laundering Eradication

By Nicholas Martua Siagian

14 May 2025 04:38 WIB 14 May 2025 04:38 WIB 8 minutes reading time: 8 minutes 1 read

Updated: 19 Jan 2026 18:45 WIB 19 January 2026 18:45 WIB

The weak capacity and authority of PPATK in preventing and eradicating money laundering crimes should be the focus of the current government.

Weaknesses in Money Laundering Eradication

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“To dare to uphold justice even if it concerns oneself is the pinnacle of all courage.”

Legal Literacy - This meaningful expression from Buya Hamka reminds us that true courage does not lie in physical strength, but in the moral fortitude to uphold justice, even when the truth revealed is detrimental to oneself. Unfortunately, this noble value seems increasingly rare in our legal system, which is becoming increasingly blunt in the face of those in power or awash in wealth.

In recent months, our country has been flooded with law enforcement processes that have been in the public spotlight, ranging from bribery and gratification cases involving the former Secretary of the Supreme Court, Hasbi Hasan, the PT Timah corruption for the 2015-2022 period handled by the Attorney General's Office, which resulted in state losses reaching Rp300 Trillion, and corruption in the crude oil and refinery product governance corruption at Pertamina Patra Niaga.

Not only that, some time ago, individuals from the Supreme Court tarnished the image of law enforcement in Indonesia, with the arrest of a former Supreme Court (MA) official, Zarof Ricar, in a case of alleged bribery of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal verdict, as well as three judges of the Surabaya District Court (PN) who acquitted Gregorius Ronald Tannur in the Dini Sera murder case.

Perhaps, these cases give a sign to the little people that the task of law enforcement in Indonesia has not been running as well as expected. People who are supposed to provide law enforcement are actually the perpetrators involved in the destruction of the law. Speaking of law enforcement is not only about providing a sense of justice to the community, but law enforcement is a way that can bring this country towards prosperity, welfare, and equality.

One form of law enforcement that may rarely be heard of in society is Money Laundering. This crime is rarely highlighted by the public due to a lack of understanding of money laundering, even though this crime is the most cruel in creating injustice in social society.

This is even reinforced in the considering section of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering, that the crime of Money Laundering not only threatens the stability of the economy and the integrity of the financial system, but can also endanger the joints of social, national, and state life based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.