The Crime Of Money Laundering In The Perspective Of Criminal Law

Abstract

The crime of money laundering is the act of processing large amounts of illegal money resulting from criminal acts into funds that appear clean or legal according to law, using sophisticated, creative, and complex methods. The crime of money laundering can be referred to as a process or act that aims to hide or disguise the origin of money or assets obtained from the proceeds of a criminal act which are then converted into assets that appear to originate from legitimate activities. In general, there are two main reasons why the practice of money laundering is fought and declared a criminal act, namely, firstly, the influence of money laundering on the financial and economic system is believed to harm the economy, for example, a negative impact on the effective use of resources and funds which are widely used for activities are illegal and cause less than optimal use of funds, thus causing harm to society. The position of the Indonesian Prosecutor's Office according to Article 2 (paragraph 1) is a government institution that exercises state power in the field of prosecution and other authorities based on law. About the crime of money laundering, the Prosecutor's Office said that according to Article 30 of Law Number 15 of 2002 as amended by Law Number 25 of 2003 concerning TPPU, it is stated that "investigation, prosecution and examination in court of criminal acts as intended in this Law, it is carried out based on the provisions in the Criminal Procedure Law. This type of research is Normative research. The approaches used are a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The data source used is secondary data. Data analysis was carried out descriptively qualitatively. Concluding was carried out using a deductive method from general to specific, to that related topic, namely the Juridical Review of Ethical Witnesses for Police Members Who Commit Desertion. This research resulted in the findings of the Law on the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering itself. provides a complete understanding of money laundering. Article 1 number 1 of the Law on the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering only states that money laundering is any act that fulfills the elements of a criminal act by the provisions of this law. Law enforcement against money laundering has been widely carried out after the promulgation of Law Number 15 of 2002 concerning the crime of money laundering as amended by Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering