Efforts to prevent criminal acts of money laundering using penal policy measures

Abstract

The context of enforcement of money laundering is not a simple concept that is very complicated because it is so complex that it is very difficult to formulate criminal offenses in an objective and effective manner. This can be seen from countries that regulate the problem of money laundering. Money laundering is already a phenomenon of cross-border crime and organized crime which requires special law enforcement as well, in this case one of the means used is a means of punishment. The modus operandi of money laundering crime continues to change from time to time in line with the advancement of the era and the technology of the community. To that end, increasing the ability of law enforcement officers in the field of enforcement of money laundering crimes must always be improved, one of the efforts to overcome and prevent money laundering by means of a penal policy. In this study, the data used are secondary data with a normative juridical approach and normative descriptive analysis reported in a research report. From the results of the research that has been carried out, it has been concluded that the means of reasoning are useful in efforts to prevent and deal with money laundering.