Analisis Hukum Terhadap Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang Sebagai Kejahatan Lanjutan

Abstract

Money laundering is a form of economic crime characterized by its close relationship with predicate offenses that generate illicit proceeds. Money laundering may be regarded as a follow-up crime because it involves subsequent acts intended to conceal, disguise, transfer, transform, or control assets derived from criminal activities. This study aims to analyze the legal position of money laundering as a follow-up crime, its regulation within the Indonesian criminal justice system, and the criminal liability of perpetrators. This research employs normative legal research using statutory, conceptual, and case approaches. The findings indicate that money laundering is materially connected to predicate crimes because the assets subject to laundering originate from criminal activities. Nevertheless, procedurally, money laundering proceedings do not necessarily have to await a final and binding judgment concerning the predicate offense. Developments in Indonesian criminal law following the enactment of the National Criminal Code strengthen the need to harmonize substantive money laundering provisions with the broader anti-money laundering regime. Accordingly, law enforcement should focus not only on punishing perpetrators but also on tracing, confiscating, forfeiting, and recovering criminal proceeds..