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Indonesia Steps Up War Against Terrorism Financing
A new pact highlights the attention Jakarta is paying to a key field in the battle against the Islamic State.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
April 12, 2017
On April 12, state news agency ANTARA reported that Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency and anti-money laundering agency had inked an agreement to strengthen efforts to combat terrorism financing. The new pact highlights the attention that Indonesia is paying to the field amid the rising threat from the Islamic State.
Indonesia is no stranger to Islamic militancy, with the last wave of terrorism following the 9/11 attacks seeing Jemaah Islamiyah – loosely referred to as the Southeast Asian offshoot of al-Qaeda – carrying out a series of attacks, including the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 and twin bombings in 2009 targeting the J.W. Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels. Attention has turned to the Islamic State in recent years, with hundreds of Indonesians believed to have gone abroad to join the group in the Middle East and the January 2016 Jakarta attacks indicating the seriousness of the threat (See: “Islamic State Attack in Indonesia? A Look at the 2016 Jakarta Bombings”).
While Indonesia’s counterterrorism response has been multifaceted – with varying degrees of success in areas ranging from security measures to rehabilitation – countering terrorism financing has also been a key prong. This is no surprise. Indonesian authorities have found that leading Islamic State-linked terrorist masterminds have been using online services like Paypal and Bitcoin as well as other forms of financial technology to send payments to Indonesia from other regional countries like Australia and Malaysia, making these transactions more difficult to detect. Indonesia has also traditionally had a poor record on money-laundering, which has left it at high risk for such activities.
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The Financial Transactions Analysis and Reporting Center (PPATK) plays an important role in the war on terrorism financing. It has been cooperating with other ministries and agencies, including the National Agency for Countering Terrorism (BNPT) and Indonesian elite counterterrorism squad Densus 88 to trace the flow of funds, including digital-based transactions. It has also been working with other regional states, including Australia, with the Australian Transactions Report and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC) inking an agreement with PPATK in February to boost the latter’s capabilities (See: “Indonesia-Australia Defense Relations in the Spotlight”). In January, PPATK chief Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin had also announced that the center would set up the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Institute (IFII) to serve as a center of education and training on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing in Southeast Asia.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Wednesday between BNPT and PPATK is yet another sign of Indonesia’s focus on the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. It effectively formalizes a partnership between two agencies that have already begun working together in recognition of the coordination challenge in this battle. The pact itself covers several areas, including information exchange, educational training, and the development of information technology. And assuming that its implementation goes smoothly, it will be yet another step in the right direction in addressing the wider challenge of Indonesia and Southeast Asia’s war against the Islamic State (See: “ASEAN’s Islamic State Conundrum”).
http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/indonesia-steps-up-war-against-terrorism-financing/
Kunjungan Kerja KASADKepala Staf TNI Angkatan Darat (Kasad) Jenderal TNI Mulyono (kedua kiri) didampingi Pangdam VII Wirabuana Mayjen TNI Agus Surya Bakti (kiri) menyalami sejumlah prajurit saat berkunjung di Bataliyon Kaveleri X Mendagiri, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Selasa (11/4/2017). Kunjungan kerja Jenderal TNI Mulyono itu dalam rangka meresmikan Kodam XIV Hasanuddin yang sebelumnya bernama Kodam VII Wirabuana. (ANTARA FOTO/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang)
Kunjungan Kerja KASADKepala Staf TNI Angkatan Darat Jenderal TNI Mulyono (kiri) bersalaman dengan sejumlah prajurit saat berkunjung di Bataliyon Kaveleri X Mendagiri, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Selasa (11/4/2017). Kunjungan kerja Jenderal TNI Mulyono itu dalam rangka meresmikan Kodam XIV Hasanuddin yang sebelumnya bernama Kodam VII Wirabuana. (ANTARA FOTO/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang)
Dua pesawat C-212 Cassa dari Lanud Abd Saleh melakukan dukungan operasi udara saat Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017 di Lapangan Ponggok, Blitar, Jawa Timur, Kamis (23/3/2017). Latihan tersebut merupakan program kerja latihan untuk menguji satuan-satuan di jajaran Lanud Abd Saleh guna menciptakan kesatuan tindakan untuk merencanakan suatu kegiatan operasi udara maupun dukungan operasi udara. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori)
Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017Korps Pasukan Khas (Kopaskhas) TNI AU dari Lanud Abd Saleh melakukan penyerbuan saat Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017 di Lapangan Ponggok, Blitar, Jawa Timur, Kamis (23/3/2017). Latihan tersebut merupakan program kerja latihan untuk menguji satuan-satuan di jajaran Lanud Abd Saleh guna menciptakan kesatuan tindakan untuk merencanakan suatu kegiatan operasi udara maupun dukungan operasi udara. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUPesawat jet tempur TNI AU melakukan "flying pass" ketika gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUKepala Staf TNI AU Marsekal TNI Hadi Tjahjanto (tengah) bersama sejumlah pejabat teras TNI AU meninjau gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUSejumlah personil Sat-Bravo 90 Paskhas TNI AU mengikuti gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Peringatan Hari TNI AU Ke-71Sejumlah prajurit TNI Angkatan Udara melakukan simulasi penyelamatan tempur pada Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Minggu (9/4/2017). Pada peringatan HUT ke-71 tersebut, TNI Angkatan Udara menggelar parade, defile (perarakan tentara), demo udara dan demo darat yang melibatkan sekitar 1.600 personel, 132 pesawat udara dan sejumlah alutsista. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Pesawat Tempur Latihan Demo UdaraDelapan pesawat tempur yang terdiri dari empat pesawat Sukhoi dan empat F-16 Fighting Falcon melakukan terbang formasi saat latihan demo udara di Lanud Iswahjudi, Magetan, Jawa Timur, Kamis (30/3/2017). Sejumlah pesawat tempur TNI AU diantaranya Sukhoi dari Skuadron Udara 11 Sultan Hasanuddin Makassar, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Skuadron Udara 3) dan T-50 Golden Eagle (Skuadron Udara 15) Lanud Iswahjudi Magetan, Hawk 100 (Skuadron Udara 1) Supadio Pontianak dan Hawk 200 (Skuadron Udara 12) Rusmin Nuryadin Pekanbaru melakukan latihan demo udara di Lanud Iswahjudi hingga 3 April guna persiapan demo udara dalam rangka peringatan HUT ke-71 TNI AU di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA/Siswowidodo
A new pact highlights the attention Jakarta is paying to a key field in the battle against the Islamic State.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
April 12, 2017
On April 12, state news agency ANTARA reported that Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency and anti-money laundering agency had inked an agreement to strengthen efforts to combat terrorism financing. The new pact highlights the attention that Indonesia is paying to the field amid the rising threat from the Islamic State.
Indonesia is no stranger to Islamic militancy, with the last wave of terrorism following the 9/11 attacks seeing Jemaah Islamiyah – loosely referred to as the Southeast Asian offshoot of al-Qaeda – carrying out a series of attacks, including the deadly Bali bombings in 2002 and twin bombings in 2009 targeting the J.W. Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels. Attention has turned to the Islamic State in recent years, with hundreds of Indonesians believed to have gone abroad to join the group in the Middle East and the January 2016 Jakarta attacks indicating the seriousness of the threat (See: “Islamic State Attack in Indonesia? A Look at the 2016 Jakarta Bombings”).
While Indonesia’s counterterrorism response has been multifaceted – with varying degrees of success in areas ranging from security measures to rehabilitation – countering terrorism financing has also been a key prong. This is no surprise. Indonesian authorities have found that leading Islamic State-linked terrorist masterminds have been using online services like Paypal and Bitcoin as well as other forms of financial technology to send payments to Indonesia from other regional countries like Australia and Malaysia, making these transactions more difficult to detect. Indonesia has also traditionally had a poor record on money-laundering, which has left it at high risk for such activities.
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The Financial Transactions Analysis and Reporting Center (PPATK) plays an important role in the war on terrorism financing. It has been cooperating with other ministries and agencies, including the National Agency for Countering Terrorism (BNPT) and Indonesian elite counterterrorism squad Densus 88 to trace the flow of funds, including digital-based transactions. It has also been working with other regional states, including Australia, with the Australian Transactions Report and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC) inking an agreement with PPATK in February to boost the latter’s capabilities (See: “Indonesia-Australia Defense Relations in the Spotlight”). In January, PPATK chief Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin had also announced that the center would set up the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Institute (IFII) to serve as a center of education and training on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing in Southeast Asia.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Wednesday between BNPT and PPATK is yet another sign of Indonesia’s focus on the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. It effectively formalizes a partnership between two agencies that have already begun working together in recognition of the coordination challenge in this battle. The pact itself covers several areas, including information exchange, educational training, and the development of information technology. And assuming that its implementation goes smoothly, it will be yet another step in the right direction in addressing the wider challenge of Indonesia and Southeast Asia’s war against the Islamic State (See: “ASEAN’s Islamic State Conundrum”).
http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/indonesia-steps-up-war-against-terrorism-financing/
Kunjungan Kerja KASADKepala Staf TNI Angkatan Darat (Kasad) Jenderal TNI Mulyono (kedua kiri) didampingi Pangdam VII Wirabuana Mayjen TNI Agus Surya Bakti (kiri) menyalami sejumlah prajurit saat berkunjung di Bataliyon Kaveleri X Mendagiri, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Selasa (11/4/2017). Kunjungan kerja Jenderal TNI Mulyono itu dalam rangka meresmikan Kodam XIV Hasanuddin yang sebelumnya bernama Kodam VII Wirabuana. (ANTARA FOTO/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang)
Kunjungan Kerja KASADKepala Staf TNI Angkatan Darat Jenderal TNI Mulyono (kiri) bersalaman dengan sejumlah prajurit saat berkunjung di Bataliyon Kaveleri X Mendagiri, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Selasa (11/4/2017). Kunjungan kerja Jenderal TNI Mulyono itu dalam rangka meresmikan Kodam XIV Hasanuddin yang sebelumnya bernama Kodam VII Wirabuana. (ANTARA FOTO/Sahrul Manda Tikupadang)
Dua pesawat C-212 Cassa dari Lanud Abd Saleh melakukan dukungan operasi udara saat Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017 di Lapangan Ponggok, Blitar, Jawa Timur, Kamis (23/3/2017). Latihan tersebut merupakan program kerja latihan untuk menguji satuan-satuan di jajaran Lanud Abd Saleh guna menciptakan kesatuan tindakan untuk merencanakan suatu kegiatan operasi udara maupun dukungan operasi udara. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori)
Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017Korps Pasukan Khas (Kopaskhas) TNI AU dari Lanud Abd Saleh melakukan penyerbuan saat Latihan Garuda Perkasa 2017 di Lapangan Ponggok, Blitar, Jawa Timur, Kamis (23/3/2017). Latihan tersebut merupakan program kerja latihan untuk menguji satuan-satuan di jajaran Lanud Abd Saleh guna menciptakan kesatuan tindakan untuk merencanakan suatu kegiatan operasi udara maupun dukungan operasi udara. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUPesawat jet tempur TNI AU melakukan "flying pass" ketika gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUKepala Staf TNI AU Marsekal TNI Hadi Tjahjanto (tengah) bersama sejumlah pejabat teras TNI AU meninjau gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Gladi Bersih HUT TNI AUSejumlah personil Sat-Bravo 90 Paskhas TNI AU mengikuti gladi bersih Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (7/4/2017). Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tersebut akan jatuh pada hari Minggu 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Peringatan Hari TNI AU Ke-71Sejumlah prajurit TNI Angkatan Udara melakukan simulasi penyelamatan tempur pada Upacara Peringatan ke-71 Hari TNI AU tahun 2017 di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Minggu (9/4/2017). Pada peringatan HUT ke-71 tersebut, TNI Angkatan Udara menggelar parade, defile (perarakan tentara), demo udara dan demo darat yang melibatkan sekitar 1.600 personel, 132 pesawat udara dan sejumlah alutsista. (ANTARA FOTO/Widodo S. Jusuf)
Pesawat Tempur Latihan Demo UdaraDelapan pesawat tempur yang terdiri dari empat pesawat Sukhoi dan empat F-16 Fighting Falcon melakukan terbang formasi saat latihan demo udara di Lanud Iswahjudi, Magetan, Jawa Timur, Kamis (30/3/2017). Sejumlah pesawat tempur TNI AU diantaranya Sukhoi dari Skuadron Udara 11 Sultan Hasanuddin Makassar, F-16 Fighting Falcon (Skuadron Udara 3) dan T-50 Golden Eagle (Skuadron Udara 15) Lanud Iswahjudi Magetan, Hawk 100 (Skuadron Udara 1) Supadio Pontianak dan Hawk 200 (Skuadron Udara 12) Rusmin Nuryadin Pekanbaru melakukan latihan demo udara di Lanud Iswahjudi hingga 3 April guna persiapan demo udara dalam rangka peringatan HUT ke-71 TNI AU di Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta 9 April mendatang. (ANTARA/Siswowidodo
