The National Police\u2019s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim)\nseized gold bars and gold jewellery from the \u2018Semar\u2019 Gold Shop in\nPayaman Village, Nganjuk District, East Java, on Friday 20 February\n2026. The seizure is connected to suspected money laundering (TPPU)\nlinked to unlicensed gold mining operations (PETI).<\/p>\n
Previously, the Bareskrim team had simultaneously raided three\nseparate locations in Surabaya and Nganjuk since Thursday. One of the\nsites searched was the Semar Gold Shop in the Nganjuk area.<\/p>\n
Mulyadi, coordinator of the Wage Market in Nganjuk, said he was asked\nby police to participate as a witness during the search. The team\nsearched the entire contents of the shop, including gold jewellery and\nthe shop\u2019s administrative documents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI served as a witness for the search at Semar Shop. What was\nexamined were the goods in the shop, gold jewellery, and books related\nto the shop\u2019s administrative bookkeeping,\u201d he said in Nganjuk on Friday\n21 February 2026.<\/p>\n
He added that officers also removed all the jewellery from the shop\u2019s\ndisplay cases after examining the entire contents of the shop, from the\ngold jewellery on sale to the administrative books. The gold jewellery\nis suspected to constitute evidence in the money laundering case linked\nto unlicensed mining currently under investigation by Bareskrim.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goods in the shop, including gold jewellery and books related to\nadministrative bookkeeping, were secured by officers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tracing Back to Illegal Gold Mining<\/p>\n
Separately, Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim,\nBrigadier General Ade Safri Simanjuntak, said the case was uncovered\nbased on an analytical report from the Financial Transaction Reports and\nAnalysis Centre (PPATK) regarding suspicious transactions related to the\ndomestic gold trade conducted by gold shops, as well as trading\nactivities by gold refining companies exporting abroad using gold\nallegedly sourced from unlicensed mining operations.<\/p>\n
The case is a development from an illegal gold mining case that has\nalready received a legally binding verdict (inkracht) at the Pontianak\nDistrict Court. The original offence took place within the jurisdiction\nof West Kalimantan during the period 2019\u20132022.<\/p>\n
Based on the findings of the investigation into the predicate offence\nand trial evidence, it was established that proceeds from illegal gold\nhad flowed to several parties.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/suspected-money-laundering-bareskrim-seizes-all-gold-from-semar-shop-in-nganjuk-1771693774", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }