Totality in Catching Fugitives
The extradition of Maria Pauline Lumowa, almost 17 years after she fled the country, shows the weakness of law enforcement agencies in tracking down graft fugitives.
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Maria Pauline Lumowa, a fugitive of the Bank BNI Kebayoran Baru graft case, which incurred state losses of Rp 1.2 trillion (US$83 million) in 2003, arrives at the VIP room of Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Thursday (9/7/2020).
The extradition of Maria Pauline Lumowa, almost 17 years after she fled the country, shows the weakness of law enforcement agencies in tracking down graft fugitives.
Maria, a suspect in the loan fraud case involving BNI’s Kebayoran Baru branch that caused Rp 1.2 trillion in state losses, had been on the wanted list since 2003. The co-owner of the Gramarindo business group allegedly had a hand in creating a fictitious letter of credit (L/C) to make Rp 1.7 trillion in illicit gains. She lived in Singapore until 2004, and obtained Dutch citizenship (Kompas, 17/2/2004).