KPK: Customs Officials Used Counterfeit Goods Smuggling Proceeds to Purchase Operational Vehicles

Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated that officials from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) used funds obtained from smuggling counterfeit goods to purchase operational vehicles.

This was disclosed by Asep Guntur Rahayu, Deputy of Prosecution and Execution at the KPK, in response to the discovery of vehicle registration documents (BPKB) found within five suitcases seized during a search of a safe house in Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan.

“The BPKB documents were found as evidence. The money collected was also used to purchase operational vehicles. That is where we found the BPKB documents,” said Asep during a press conference at the Red and White Building in Jakarta on Friday (27 February 2026).

He further noted that some of the illicit funds were discovered inside the operational vehicles themselves.

“Some of the money we previously found was located in their operational vehicle. So some of the funds were kept in that operational vehicle for urgent needs,” he explained.

Asep stated that the funds in the vehicles were intended to cover immediate expenses, so the customs officials would not need to retrieve money from the safe house.

“So they didn’t have to go to the safe house first. If there was a need, perhaps they required money to purchase something or give money to someone, they would simply take it directly from what was in the operational vehicle,” he said.

Asep noted that investigators suspect more than one operational vehicle was being used.

“And there was more than one operational vehicle,” he added.

Previously, the KPK detained Budiman Bayu Prasojo, Head of the Intelligence Section for Enforcement and Investigation (P2) at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance, on Friday (27 February 2026).

“The KPK proceeded to detain BBP for the initial 20-day period from 27 February through 18 March 2026. The detention is being carried out at the State Detention House (Rutan) at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta,” said Asep Guntur Rahayu during the press conference.

According to Asep, in this case, Budiman Bayu Prasojo instructed a customs employee named Salisa Asmoaji to manage and receive money from businesspeople whose products were subject to taxation and importers since November 2024.