IDR 3.5 Trillion of Corruption Money Laundered Flows to the Election Campaign

GENERAL ELECTION - JAKARTA. The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has found suspicious transactions related to corruption crimes amounting to IDR 3.5 trillion throughout 2022 until Wednesday (10/1/2024).

"There have been 13 (reports) of corruption cases, with (a total) amount of IDR3,518,370,150,789," said the Head of PPATK Ivan Yustiavandana in a press conference of PPATK Work Reflection 2023, Wednesday (10/1).

In addition to corruption crimes, PPATK also found election participant funds of IDR 3.1 trillion suspected to originate from four gambling cases.

"Then four reports of legislative candidates are suspected of being involved in gambling cases with a total transaction reaching IDR3.1 trillion," he revealed.

Then, from 2022 until January 2024, two environmental crime cases were also found to be the source of election participant funding.

"One report of illegal environmental cases with a transaction value of IDR1.2 trillion, and one report in environmental cases with a value of IDR264 billion," he continued.

There were also election funds originating from two embezzlement cases amounting to IDR 238 billion. And funds amounting to IDR 136 billion were found from 14 drug cases. "And in the field of elections 12 cases, the number is IDR 21 billion," he said.

From all these findings, PPATK has submitted reports to the relevant law enforcement officers (APH).

As many as five reports were submitted to the National Police, nine reports to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), one report to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), and four reports were submitted to the Attorney General's Office.

Meanwhile, six reports were submitted to the National Narcotics Agency (BNN). As many as 11 reports to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu).

"What we can do is to ensure that this democratic process is not contaminated by money originating from criminal acts," he concluded.