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        "id": 2058986,
        "msgid": "aai-proposes-establishing-an-independent-asset-forfeiture-centre-1793174100",
        "date": "2026-10-28 14:16:59",
        "title": "AAI Proposes Establishing an Independent Asset Forfeiture Centre",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The head of the Indonesian National United Advocates Association has urged lawmakers to include an independent Asset Forfeiture Centre in the Asset Forfeiture Bill, warning that placing it under a law-enforcement agency could create risks. He also said the bill needs stronger provisions on asset tracing, litigation and international cooperation, including mechanisms to recover assets held abroad, and cautioned against passing it prematurely.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Indonesian National United Advocates Association\n(AAI Nasional Bersatu) chairman Prof Jamin Ginting has proposed that the\nAsset Forfeiture Bill provide for the establishment of an independent\nAsset Forfeiture Centre (PPA).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting with Commission III of the House of\nRepresentatives (DPR RI) at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on\nWednesday, he said the PPA would face significant risks if placed under\na law-enforcement agency that was not independent.<\/p>\n<p>Ginting, a professor, also delivered an academic address entitled\n\u201cThe Urgency of Establishing an Independent Asset Forfeiture Centre as a\nMeans of Resolving Asset Forfeiture through Civil and Criminal Asset\nForfeiture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not really want the PPA to be placed under the Attorney\nGeneral\u2019s Office, to be frank. I am more inclined towards an independent\nPPA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the 2003 United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC),\nhe said, asset forfeiture is only one part of the broader effort to\nrecover assets. The convention identifies at least three key areas:\ninvestigation, litigation and international cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Ginting explained that investigation includes tracing and identifying\nassets, followed by measures such as freezing, returning or forfeiting\nthem.<\/p>\n<p>Those efforts must then proceed to litigation concerning the\nforfeiture. The mechanisms used may be in personam or in rem.<\/p>\n<p>He added that asset recovery must also include arrangements for\ninternational cooperation. Discussions of the Asset Forfeiture Bill, he\nsaid, often rely only on a domestic perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The bill should also set out mechanisms for forfeiting assets held\noverseas, the instruments to be used and the institutions needed to\nexercise those powers, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho will the institution be? How will it operate? What instruments\nwill be used? These are all related to asset forfeiture, but they are\ngiven very little attention. I think it would be premature to pass this\nin the near future. These instruments should, in fact, be given\nconsiderable attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/aai-proposes-establishing-an-independent-asset-forfeiture-centre-1793174100",
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