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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Fathan Qorib, Mahinda Arkyasa
On Monday (18/3), during a seminar in Jakarta, several parties spoke on the topic of preventing corruption and money laundering by limiting cash transactions.
“Limiting cash transactions can reduce cases of corruption and money laundering and it should be considered as a preventive measure,” said Andri Gunawan, researcher at the Indonesian Legal Roundtable (ILR).
Andri further argued that limiting cash transactions can aid law enforcers in tracking down the origin of money used in such crimes. He added that ILR hopes that this limitation will be included under the new Draft Bill on Cash Transactions (Bill) that is currently being discussed by the Government.
“We expect that Bank Indonesia (BI), the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), and the Ministry of Finance will finalize the Bill and submit it to the House of Representatives,” Andri said.
Yunus Husein, Chairman of Indonesian Research Center for Anti Money Laundering (PUKAU), asserted that cash transactions pose a serious issue for solving money laundering crimes because if a perpetrator utilizes cash, law enforcers have a hard time tracking the cash flow and the original source of money.
Boedi Armanto, Director of the Accounting and Payment System Department at BI, stated that a policy to limit cash transactions can be successfully implemented by providing adequate non-cash payment system infrastructure.
“Currently, non-cash payment infrastructure, such as ATMs, is not equally developed in various regions,” he said.
He concluded that the policy to limit cash transactions is in line with BI’s plan to implement a system of electronic banking that aims to promote non-cash payments.
(jt)
Fathan Qorib, Mahinda Arkyasa
On Monday (18/3), during a seminar in Jakarta, several parties spoke on the topic of preventing corruption and money laundering by limiting cash transactions.
“Limiting cash transactions can reduce cases of corruption and money laundering and it should be considered as a preventive measure,” said Andri Gunawan, researcher at the Indonesian Legal Roundtable (ILR).
Andri further argued that limiting cash transactions can aid law enforcers in tracking down the origin of money used in such crimes. He added that ILR hopes that this limitation will be included under the new Draft Bill on Cash Transactions (Bill) that is currently being discussed by the Government.
“We expect that Bank Indonesia (BI), the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), and the Ministry of Finance will finalize the Bill and submit it to the House of Representatives,” Andri said.
Yunus Husein, Chairman of Indonesian Research Center for Anti Money Laundering (PUKAU), asserted that cash transactions pose a serious issue for solving money laundering crimes because if a perpetrator utilizes cash, law enforcers have a hard time tracking the cash flow and the original source of money.
Boedi Armanto, Director of the Accounting and Payment System Department at BI, stated that a policy to limit cash transactions can be successfully implemented by providing adequate non-cash payment system infrastructure.
“Currently, non-cash payment infrastructure, such as ATMs, is not equally developed in various regions,” he said.
He concluded that the policy to limit cash transactions is in line with BI’s plan to implement a system of electronic banking that aims to promote non-cash payments.
(jt)