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Despite the 2021 annual national risk assessment that rated money laundering on the people
smuggling crime potential as low, the PPATK would stay vigilant to investigate and suppress such
crimes that often involve international criminal networks, Rae stated.
He noted that money laundering practices through cash transfer or cross-border cash-carrying
methods were often committed by migrant workers or criminal syndicates that deployed them.
Meanwhile, BP2MI Head Benny Ramdhani emphasized the criticality of protecting migrant
workers, as they are the second main contributor to foreign exchange income in Indonesia after
the natural oil and gas industry, thereby deemed essential for the national economy.
He noted that human trafficking was an extraordinary crime, and public participation was
necessary to crack down on criminal syndicates. He also cited internal research that found human
trafficking crime as the capital source for criminals.
"Criminal syndicates that helped migrant workers illegally could earn profit of up to Rp40 million
(around US$2,800) while spending only Rp20 million (around US$1,400) for other expenses,"
Ramdhani noted.
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