The Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has discovered suspected suspicious funds flows from the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Foundation to overseas accounts.
Approximately 10 countries were involved in the inflow and outflow of funds related to the foundation, including Japan, Turkey, Palestine, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands.
These flows involved over 2,000 instances of funds received from foreign entities into ACT accounts, totaling more than Rp 64 billion. Meanwhile, ACT transferred more than Rp 52 billion overseas in over 450 transactions.
“There is activity related to overseas operations because aid can be provided to countries experiencing difficulties abroad,” said PPATK Head Ivan Yustiavandana, as quoted by *Katadata.co.id* on Wednesday (6/7/2022).
These transactions were conducted by ACT officials, including accountants, administrators, and employees. In the past two years, several transactions were made to high-risk countries.
In its annual report, ACT recorded 46 countries as recipients of its donations in 2020. The largest recipient was Palestine, with aid reaching 1.2 million people.
Next, the largest recipient was Yemen, with 92,031 recipients. This was followed by Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (62,549), Syria (47,354), and Syria (47,354).
ACT reported collecting Rp 519.35 billion in donations in 2020 from 348,300 donors. The majority (60.1%) of donors were from the public, followed by 16.7% from corporations, 11.2% from online channels, and 6% from institutions/foundations.
The top 10 recipient countries of ACT donations in 2020 were:
1. Palestine: 1,209,032 people
2. Yemen: 92,031 people
3. Bangladesh (Rohingya): 62,549 people
4. Syria: 47,354 people
5. Uganda: 21,341 people
6. Myanmar (Rohingya): 16,103 people
7. China: 14,900 people
8. Turkey (Uyghur): 14,553 people
9. Lebanon: 11,600 people
10. Kenya: 6,400 people