The Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK) revealed that funds from the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT), a charity in Indonesia, went to a terrorist group suspected of being Al Qaeda.
The head of the PPATK, Ivan Yustiavanda said the suspicious transactions flowed to one of the Al-Qaeda members from 19 people arrested by the Turkish Police.
“Several names of PPATK have been reviewed based on studies and databases that PPATK has, some are related to parties who, it is still suspected, yes, he has been arrested, being one of 19 people arrested by the police in Turkey for being related to Al Qaeda,” said Ivan in a statement press conference at the PPATK office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (6/7).
However, Ivan revealed that this allegation is still being studied more deeply to ensure that the suspicious transaction is indeed a prohibited transaction.
“But this is still under further study, whether this is intended for other activities or this is a coincidence. There are others that are indirectly related to violating the laws and regulations,” said Ivan.
Ivan explained that the humanitarian agency ACT also conducts transactions with foreign institutions or foreign entities. Based on data compiled by PPATK, there were more than 2,000 transactions made by ACT with foreign parties abroad, reaching Rp. 64 billion.
“The activities of this foundation entity also transact with the 10 largest countries that receive and send to the foundation based on the 2014-2022 report,” said Ivan.
Ivan admits that PPATK has conducted an analysis of ACT since 2018. PPATK analyzes the collection of public funds carried out by ACT through tracking financial transactions reported to the institution.
Supervision of the collection and distribution of public funds for the provision of this assistance has been regulated by Presidential Regulation Number 18 of 2017.
“The regulations clearly regulate every institution or community organization (ormas) that collects and distributes donations to carry out the principles of prudence and must be managed in an accountable manner,” said Ivan.
According to Ivan, the circulation of funds that enter through ACT reaches one trillion rupiahs per year. He also mentioned that ACT officials have a foundation ownership structure using personal names.
“The ACT Foundation does have massive transactions, but it is still related to entities owned by the management personally,” said Ivan.
