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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Christina Desy, Fathan Qorib
Since 2012, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has blacklisted Indonesia for being prone to and not serious about handling money laundering crimes and terrorism funding. The FATF itself was established by the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to eradicate money laundering on an international scale.More recently, however, the FATF has recognized Indonesia’s commitment to battling money laundering and terrorism funding over the last two years. In view of these efforts, the FATF decided to take Indonesia off its blacklist at a meeting held in Paris, last Tuesday.
Agus Santoso, Deputy of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), welcomed FATF’s decision. Needless to say, he believes, this delisting from the blacklist will bring a number of benefits to Indonesia.
First of all, Mr. Santoso explained that Indonesia will no longer be underestimated as it is now considered equal with other developed countries as being able to control money laundering and terrorism funding. As a consequence, Indonesia will gain more trust internationally.
This positive outcome is expected to boost Indonesia’s investment climate which will automatically increase Indonesia’s financial stability. In addition, Mr. Santoso also believes that no longer being on the blacklist will also result in a better treatment of Indonesian businesses in the global market.
“To that end, Indonesia will have a stronger position in dealing with the ASEAN Economic Community,” said Mr. Santoso.
Further Prevention Measures
Although it is no longer blacklisted, Indonesia needs to be careful to maintain its position. Governor of Bank Indonesia, Agus Martowardojo is suggesting the immediate implementation of maximum thresholds for fund transfers, as was originally proposed by PPATK. This proposal also fits with BI’s objective of realizing a cashless society and increased use of electronic banking.
Adding to Mr. Martowardojo’s suggestion, PPATK’s Chairman Muhammad Yusuf also highlighted the urgency of examining all the reports that have been submitted to PPATK. In general, PPATK receives three types of report every day consisting of reports on cash, reports on suspicious transactions, as well as reports on exports and imports.
Of the total reports received since 2003, there are at least 2,000 reports which indicate criminal activity from corruption to money laundering. In addition, PPATK also receives reports on taxpayers of which there are currently more than 3,000 taxpayers that are yet to pay their taxes.
In this regard, Mr. Yusuf is urging that these flagged transactions and individuals be clarified as soon as possible. Once the review is concluded, purported crimes can be further processed further and dealt with thus preventing Indonesia from being blacklisted again.
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Christina Desy, Fathan Qorib
Since 2012, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has blacklisted Indonesia for being prone to and not serious about handling money laundering crimes and terrorism funding. The FATF itself was established by the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to eradicate money laundering on an international scale.More recently, however, the FATF has recognized Indonesia’s commitment to battling money laundering and terrorism funding over the last two years. In view of these efforts, the FATF decided to take Indonesia off its blacklist at a meeting held in Paris, last Tuesday.
Agus Santoso, Deputy of the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), welcomed FATF’s decision. Needless to say, he believes, this delisting from the blacklist will bring a number of benefits to Indonesia.
First of all, Mr. Santoso explained that Indonesia will no longer be underestimated as it is now considered equal with other developed countries as being able to control money laundering and terrorism funding. As a consequence, Indonesia will gain more trust internationally.
This positive outcome is expected to boost Indonesia’s investment climate which will automatically increase Indonesia’s financial stability. In addition, Mr. Santoso also believes that no longer being on the blacklist will also result in a better treatment of Indonesian businesses in the global market.
“To that end, Indonesia will have a stronger position in dealing with the ASEAN Economic Community,” said Mr. Santoso.
Further Prevention Measures
Although it is no longer blacklisted, Indonesia needs to be careful to maintain its position. Governor of Bank Indonesia, Agus Martowardojo is suggesting the immediate implementation of maximum thresholds for fund transfers, as was originally proposed by PPATK. This proposal also fits with BI’s objective of realizing a cashless society and increased use of electronic banking.
Adding to Mr. Martowardojo’s suggestion, PPATK’s Chairman Muhammad Yusuf also highlighted the urgency of examining all the reports that have been submitted to PPATK. In general, PPATK receives three types of report every day consisting of reports on cash, reports on suspicious transactions, as well as reports on exports and imports.
Of the total reports received since 2003, there are at least 2,000 reports which indicate criminal activity from corruption to money laundering. In addition, PPATK also receives reports on taxpayers of which there are currently more than 3,000 taxpayers that are yet to pay their taxes.
In this regard, Mr. Yusuf is urging that these flagged transactions and individuals be clarified as soon as possible. Once the review is concluded, purported crimes can be further processed further and dealt with thus preventing Indonesia from being blacklisted again.
(hot/kc)