22,824 Suspicious Transactions Reported

VIVAnews - In 2008 there are a total of 22,824 reports of suspicious transactions received by the Indonesia Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). However, only 1,240 of them have been analyzed.

Deputy Head of PPATK Bambang Permantoro said on Wednesday, Dec. 30, that 625 of the analyzed reports have been passed on to law enforcers. As many as 602 cases have been submitted to police and 23 cases were filed with the attorney's offices.

The increase in reports of suspicious transactons came about because PPATK have audited 269 financial service providers.

So far, financial service providers that have mostly reported cases of suspicious transactions include 119 public banks (91.54 percent), 34 foreign exchange companies (4.23 percent) and 29 securities companies (17.16 percent).

In addition to suspicious transactions, PPATK has also received 6,375,994 cash financial reports from 264 financial service providers: 5,917,056 reports from 133 public banks, 987 reports from 58 People's Credit Banks (BPR), 4,510 reports from 61 foreign exchange companies, 124 reports from insurance companies, and 10 reports from three securities companies. 

Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono