Bareskrim Polri hands over Rp58 billion in online gambling assets to the state treasury
DIREKTORAT Tindak Pidana Siber (Dittipidsiber) Bareskrim Polri officially handed over assets seized in the money-laundering case involving online gambling, amounting to Rp58 billion, to the Attorney General’s Office. The handover, which has permanent legal force, was conducted at the Bareskrim building on Thursday, 5 March. Going forward, all assets will be remitted to the state treasury as part of the execution of a court decision. This step also constitutes the implementation of Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) No. 1 of 2013 on the procedures for resolving requests for handling wealth in criminal acts, including money laundering.
“The Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) of Bareskrim Polri officially carried out a strategic operation consisting of handing over the execution results of assets seized for the state,” said Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, head of Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri, at a press conference on Thursday, 5 March.
He explained that the execution is the culmination of a case that has obtained a final and binding ruling. The process began with the Analysis Result Report (LHA) submitted by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to the Police.
“We would like to emphasise that today’s asset execution is a concrete follow-up to the analysis result report or LHA provided by PPATK to the Directorate of Cyber Crime at Bareskrim Polri that carries out the execution of court decisions,” he added.
Total assets of Rp58 billion were assembled from handling 16 police reports involving dozens of accounts linked to the online gambling matter.
“Currently, 16 police reports out of 20 LHAs have been concluded up to the court ruling or are already final and binding, with the total asset value handed over to the state via the Attorney General’s Office today amounting to Rp58,183,165,803 from 133 accounts,” Himawan asserted.
Given that online gambling practices have broad negative effects on the national economy, the police consider the application of Perma No. 1 of 2013 to be crucial. Law enforcement is no longer focused solely on punishing perpetrators, but also on asset recovery to restore state losses.
In his remarks, the police emphasised that it will continue to strengthen cross-agency cooperation to root out money laundering and online gambling in Indonesia comprehensively. (P-4)