ASSET RECOVERY DALAM TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI SEBAGAI UPAYA PENGEMBALIAN KERUGIAN KEUANGAN NEGARA

Abstract

The positive law in force in Indonesia that regulates corruption is the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 in conjunction with the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. In overcoming the problem of corruption, in fact there are many difficulties faced by law enforcers which have become a routine part of law enforcement constraints in Indonesia. In addition, the problem is even more difficult if when the perpetrators of corruption are not in Indonesia, where trials are conducted in absentia, then the assets resulting from corruption have been hidden abroad, so this creates serious problems for prosecutors in carrying out executions. However, today the functionalization of criminal law in the context of enforcing the law on corruption, both from the point of view of material criminal law, formal criminal law (criminal procedure law), as well as criminal implementation, still faces obstacles, especially regarding the policy of recovering assets of perpetrators of corruption has implications for the implementation of the execution of replacement money payments in order to optimize the recovery of state financial losses. Thus, obstacles in eradicating criminal acts of corruption must be addressed immediately, so that they do not become an inhibiting factor in efforts to restore state financial losses, so that the national development program can run optimally. The current policy of recovering assets of perpetrators of corruption in an effort to recover state financial losses cannot be implemented optimally, because it must be recognized that current national law still has many weaknesses that create difficulties for law enforcers in recovering assets of perpetrators of corruption, especially in terms of confiscating the assets of the perpetrators of corruption, so that the return on state financial losses resulting from corruption is currently not optimal.