Overview

In comparison with other types of illegal activity taking place across Indonesia, corruption is widely believed to be the country’s most widespread and serious criminal problem. One of the reasons for this is that corruption has a widespread negative impact upon society that stretches from the economic realm to more social-political aspects of Indonesian life.[1] For example, in 2018 alone, Indonesian Corruption Watch estimated that corruption ultimately resulted in state losses which amounted to some IDR 9.29 trillion.[2] Moreover, the high rate of corruption across Indonesia is also considered to be a key factor deterring investors from investing in the country, in turn negatively affecting Indonesia’s economic growth.[3] Indeed, if the economy is not in a healthy condition, then development across Indonesia in general will inevitably suffer.