Suspicious Transactions Surge in 2022, Hitting a New Record High

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Adi Ahdiat 24/03/2023 15:50 WIB

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According to the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), suspicious transactions in Indonesia have shown a marked increase over the past decade, reaching a record high in

Number of Suspicious Transaction Reports Received by PPATK per Year (2013-2022)

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The number of suspicious transactions in Indonesia has been increasing over the last decade, reaching a new record high in 2022.

Based on Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes (UU TPPU), a suspicious transaction is defined as:

* A financial transaction that deviates from an individual's profile, characteristics, or usual transaction patterns;
* A transaction suspected of being intended to avoid reporting to the authorities;
* A transaction using assets suspected to be derived from criminal proceeds; or
* A transaction requested by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to be reported because it involves assets suspected to be derived from criminal proceeds.

Suspicious transactions meeting the above criteria must be reported by financial service providers to the PPATK.

Institutions with this reporting obligation include banks, financing companies, insurance companies/brokers, pension fund managers, securities companies, investment managers, foreign exchange traders, cooperatives, pawnshops, e-money managers, and others.

Providers of goods/services that discover suspicious transactions are also obligated to report them to the PPATK, such as property companies/agents, motor vehicle dealers, jewelry dealers, art/antique dealers, and auction houses.

Throughout 2022, the PPATK received 90,742 reports of suspicious transactions from these parties. This number is the highest record in the last 10 years, as shown in the graph.

In 2022, the majority of reported suspicious transactions originated from banks. Most reports were allegedly related to fraud, gambling, embezzlement, tax crimes, banking crimes, corruption, narcotics, and capital market crimes.

Spatially, in 2022, the most suspicious transaction reports originated from DKI Jakarta and the Riau Islands.

Although the number is large, the above data may not fully represent the facts. There may be other unrecorded suspicious transactions that were not reported to the PPATK by the relevant institutions.

"Financial service providers (FSPs), including banks, who directly handle their clients' daily transactions, play a crucial role here. Clearly, the PPATK's performance and reports heavily depend on the honesty and transparency of the FSP managers' reports," said Susidarto, a banking practitioner and observer, in his article titled *Suspicious Transactions (Accounts)* on the Indonesia Corruption Watch website (2010).

"Politicians and bureaucrats, including members of the Indonesian National Police, fall into the high-risk customer category. Those classified as high-risk customers are almost certainly aware of this issue. Therefore, they almost certainly do not have holding accounts to receive such funds. If they do, it's tantamount to suicide," he continued.

"Money launderers often prefer cash transactions, as has been caught several times by the KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) in the field. After receiving the money, these corruptors do not deposit it in the bank, but instead buy land, luxury properties, luxury cars, gold and diamond jewelry, foreign currency, then store it in safe deposit boxes at the bank, or invest in the financial and real sectors. This kind of thing makes it difficult to detect the flow of funds," said Susidarto.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

"Disclosure: This is an AI-generated translation of the original article. We strive for accuracy, but please note that automated translations may contain errors or slight inconsistencies."

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