Forest Crime Task Force Ready to Investigate Overseas Illicit Fund Flows

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, acting as the First Vice Chairman of the Forest Area Order Task Force (Satgas PKH), stated that his office is prepared to investigate the flow of funds from forest crimes located overseas.

During an event for the Handover of Administrative Fines and State Financial Recovery at the Attorney General’s Office Building in Jakarta on Tuesday, the Attorney General explained that the Satgas PKH is a collaborative effort involving 12 ministries and agencies. The unified objective is to return forest areas and all their benefits to the state.

Therefore, according to Burhanuddin, law enforcement must be capable of reaching unlawful acts that occur not only domestically but also the flows of benefits and criminal proceeds that are hidden, transferred, or placed abroad.

“We are ready to continue the duties and mandate given to us by ensuring that every step of the orderliness process becomes part of the state’s effort to enforce the law, secure natural wealth, recover state assets, and provide the greatest possible benefits for the Indonesian people,” he said.

As the First Vice Chairman of the Satgas PKH, the Attorney General also expressed his highest respect and appreciation to all ranks of the Satgas PKH, ministries, agencies, law enforcement officials, local governments, and all parties who have worked with full dedication and responsibility.

“The achievements attained are our collective success. However, we must continue and complete this task,” he added.

During the event, the Attorney General, representing the Satgas PKH, symbolically handed over funds resulting from the Task Force’s enforcement operations worth Rp13.2 trillion to the state.

Furthermore, non-tax state revenue (PNBP) derived from the handling of special criminal acts amounting to Rp1,535,750,234,271 was also handed over.

Lastly, tax revenues from taxpayers following up on Satgas PKH actions amounting to Rp8,229,846,923,898 were presented.

In addition, the Satgas PKH also handed over 259,230.73 hectares of forest area land reclaimed during the eighth stage of handover to the Ministry of Forestry.

These hundreds of thousands of hectares of land consist of 140,762.04 hectares in the plantation sector; 118,256.74 hectares of forest areas including forest conservation and protected forest areas; and 211.95 hectares of land in the mining sector.