Rp 6.4 Trillion Laundered from Drug Deals

The BNN along with the PPATK has cracked a money laundering scheme run by drug dealers, confiscating Rp 6.4 trillion deposited at a number of domestic and and foreign banks in 2014-2016.

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Stacks of banknotes are displayed on a table as masked suspects sit on chairs on Wednesday at the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in Cawang, East Jakarta. Three suspects were arrested for laundering Rp 6.4 trillion in 2014-2016.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The National Narcotics Agency (BNN), along with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), has cracked a money laundering scheme run by drug dealers, confiscating Rp 6.4 trillion (US$640 billion) deposited at a number of domestic and foreign banks in 2014-2016. An earlier operation netted Rp 4.7 trillion from drug dealer Pony Tjandra, who serving out his jail sentence.

The Rp 6.4 trillion the largest ever drug-related haul.