Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The crime of money laundering is a crime committed by a person or group to hide illicit money (from unlawful activities) in the appearance of money that appears to have been obtained legally. Meanwhile, corruption is the misuse of state, company, organization or foundation money for personal gain. In reality, even though there are existing regulations, the problem of money laundering resulting from corruption has returned to the fore. The aim of this research is to find out the criminal responsibility of perpetrators of the crime of money laundering resulting from corruption crimes from the perspective of the money laundering crime law and several inhibiting factors in its implementation. This research was carried out using normative juridical research methods by conducting a comprehensive study based on statutory regulations, because the author wanted to know the criminal responsibility of perpetrators of criminal acts of laundering the proceeds of corruption in the perspective of Law Number 8 of 2010. The results of the research tha the criminal liability on the perpetrators of money laundering crimes proceeds from corruption crimes have not been effective because in practice it is still found that the perpetrators are based on the corruption crime law, not based on the money laundering crime law. There are several inhibiting factors, namely the legal substance factor which points to the legal or regulatory factors themselves, the legal structure factor that is still limited human resources/personnel of the apparatus, the capability of law enforcement officials is still low, obstacles in the context of bank secrecy provisions that apply in the country, limitations in the database. inhibiting factors in terms of Legal Culture, lack of public understanding of the Know Your Customer Principle (KYCP) to prevent the occurrence of Money Laundering Crimes.
Authors: INDANA ZULFA, RAHMAN AMIN
Institution: Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya
Language: English
Topic: Legal Studies and Policies
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408000683