The Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) revealed that the number of suspicious financial transaction reports (LTKM) throughout 2023 reached 130,472 reports.
This figure soared by 43.78% year-on-year (YoY) compared to the same period in the previous year, which amounted to 90,742 reports in 2022.
Throughout 2023, the highest number of reports occurred in February, with 14,707 reports.
The February reports also surged by 138.67% month-on-month from January 2023, which only had 6,162 reports. Meanwhile, the number of reports in January 2023 was the lowest in the last year.
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The number of reporters counted until December 2023 reached 528 reporters from various industrial groups, professions, or individuals.
The majority of reporters came from the non-bank category, with 336 reporters, followed by banks with 133 reporters, and procurement of goods and services (PBJ) with 49 reporters.
PPATK detailed that non-bank parties consist of foreign exchange traders (money changers), money remittance providers, insurance companies, financing companies, securities companies, investment managers, and others.
Meanwhile, the most reported transactions originated from the banking group, namely 6.86 million suspicious transactions. This was followed by non-banks with 2.22 million transactions, rural banks with 480 transactions, PBJ with 408 transactions, and professions with 35 transactions.
Based on Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes, suspicious transactions are:
* Financial transactions that deviate from the profile, characteristics, or habitual patterns of a person's transactions;
* Transactions suspected of aiming to avoid reporting to the authorities;
* Transactions using assets suspected of originating from criminal proceeds; or
* Transactions requested by PPATK to be reported because they involve assets suspected of originating from criminal proceeds.
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