Preventing Corruption Crimes of Money Laundering through Community Participation and POLRI Investigators.

Corruption Crimes related to money laundering in Indonesia are surging, causing a threat to the stability of the national economy and imbalance in financial planning and administration. In order to encourage public awareness to prevent criminal acts of corruption, this study aimed to examine the role of the community in eradicating criminal acts of corruption; and whether POLRI (Indonesian police) investigators can prevent money laundering crimes. The study adopted a qualitative and descriptive research design with a "pragmatic" approach considering the problem as a case study. Such a case based approach with a qualitative research design required citing regulations and legislations related to corruption, community participation, and community policing leading to a kind of normative juridical approach. The data was collected from different documentation sources with a close reading approach. The data comprised both primary and secondary. The primary legal material was sourced from the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia and the relevant laws like Law Number 8 Of 2010 Concerning Prevention and the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering and Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police. The secondary legal material comprised library searches and archives, legislations, books and journal articles. The findings revealed that corrupt practices and problem of corruption in Indonesia have reached the most dangerous state to destroy the whole nation, posing a threat to its stability and security as well. It was found that the Law No 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes had failed to prevent the corruption. The study recommends reviewing the relevant laws and granting more investigative authority to agencies like POLRI and establishing a synergized administrative system that combines both legislators and crime investigators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]