AGO's Asset Recovery Agency Forms Special Task Force to Trace Corruptors' Assets in Old Cases

The Asset Recovery Agency (BPA) of the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has formed a special task force to trace and secure assets belonging to convicted corruptors, including long-standing cases that have remained unresolved.

Head of the BPA, Kuntadi, revealed that the team recently succeeded in tracing assets belonging to Edy Tansil, a convict in the Rp1.3 trillion Bank Bapindo credit fraud case who escaped from Cipinang Prison, East Jakarta, in 1998.

“The tracing (of assets) will continue, as well as for several other cases,” Kuntadi said during a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, 24 June 2026.

According to him, the existence of the task force is expected to accelerate the resolution of various state receivables arrears arising from criminal corruption rulings.

In addition to asset tracing, the BPA is also continuously working to increase public participation in auctions of confiscated goods and state looted assets. To date, the level of public participation in auctions held by the Attorney General’s Office has remained relatively low.

To broaden the reach of auction participants, the BPA held a BPA Fair event which received a positive response from the public. The programme recorded a high sales rate.

“Judging from the sales rate which reached 94 percent, where out of 308 items offered for sale, we managed to sell 297 with a total value of approximately Rp997,315,904.00,” said Kuntadi.

The BPA is also utilising the provisions of Article 131 of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) to accelerate the sale of evidence that is at risk of depreciation, easily damaged, dangerous, or requires high maintenance costs.

Currently, the Attorney General’s Office is preparing the sale of evidence in the form of coal seized in Central Kalimantan. This step is being taken to prevent state losses due to asset depreciation.

“God willing, at the beginning of July we can sell it, so that because these goods are perishable and flammable, the sale can save state finances,” he stated.

On the other hand, the BPA is also managing seized assets of high economic value to keep them productive. This policy is implemented to maintain asset value while avoiding layoffs of employees who still depend on the operations of the companies in question.

One example is the management of a refinery owned by PT Orbit Terminal Minyak. The BPA is cooperating with PT Pertamina Patra Niaga to ensure the facility remains operational during the legal process.