Jakarta, February 27, 2026 – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has just held an initial strategic discussion with Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia, focusing on addressing environmental crimes, particularly in the mining, oil and gas, and forestry sectors. This meeting marks a significant milestone in efforts to build a transparent and sustainable ecosystem to combat money laundering linked to environmental crimes.
During the discussion, PPATK highlighted key challenges, such as the low number of environmental criminal cases that reach the trial stage, especially those employing a “follow the money” approach. Despite PPATK’s extensive analysis processes, difficulties in identifying suspicious customers remain a barrier, compounded by the banking sector’s limited ability to detect patterns of illegal transactions. This is where PWYP Indonesia’s role is seen as crucial by PPATK, a key point that was a major highlight of the meeting. This civil society organization is considered a strategic partner for delving deeper into identified money-laundering suspicions through more in-depth data and information exchanges. PPATK explicitly acknowledged that PWYP’s contributions can strengthen reporting and analysis, particularly in the environmental sector, and help build a broader platform for civil society involvement.
PWYP Indonesia, which has experience collaborating with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) through the National Movement to Save Natural Resources (GNPSDA), welcomed this initiative. They encouraged the collaboration to extend beyond case resolution and toward “value change” systematic improvements to prevent recurring violations. Additionally, PPATK is currently designing the DUMAS Clinic as a public reporting platform, which is expected to raise public awareness in law enforcement.
As a follow-up, PPATK proposed a subsequent meeting with PWYP Indonesia next week, including data support and coordination via text messaging. This collaboration is hoped to enhance open-source intelligence and increase the number of cases from reporting through court decisions, all in the interest of preserving Indonesia’s environment.
In the preliminary meeting on February 24, 2026, PWYP Indonesia responded to PPATK’s invitation to explore efforts in handling suspected environmental crimes. PWYP Indonesia provided input on monitoring natural resource activities, especially in conservation areas like Tahura Bukit Soeharto in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN).
PWYP Indonesia emphasized the importance of in-depth analysis of related companies’ mining business activity plans (RKAB), including their connections to digital systems such as SIMBARA, to improve the traceability of coal commodities. While there has been progress in the ESDM sector, PWYP Indonesia stressed the need for stricter oversight to ensure regulatory compliance.
Several action-point recommendations were proposed for joint follow-up, including analysis of suspicious transactions by comparing financial values against official production capacities, tracing beneficial ownership (BO) to identify involvement of influential parties, and tracking and freezing assets from illegal activities over the past 10 years.
PPATK expressed appreciation for the input while noting the need for additional data, including time ranges, area extents, and satellite imagery, to enable comprehensive analysis. They also emphasized holistic calculations of state losses, including environmental and carbon valuations, to strengthen case scoring.
The discussion also covered law enforcement risks through the PPNS channel, procurement of heavy equipment as reporting objects, tax obligations, and tracking value chains and capital flows at the company and individual levels. PWYP Indonesia appreciated the holistic approach of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri), which not only focuses on field operations but also on money laundering flows to prevent similar modus operandi in the future.
The meeting affirmed a commitment to phased coordination with a “follow the money” strategy, including information mining on entity networks shared by PWYP Indonesia. PWYP encouraged resolutions in the money-laundering (TPPU) domain as a systemic precedent in the natural resources (SDA) sector, which could reform regulations such as BO data and banking red-flag systems.
Additionally, PWYP Indonesia shared coalition experiences related to the procurement of heavy equipment for illegal activities in Aceh. The discussion also agreed to develop DUMAS, with Tiara as PPATK’s focal point for reporting future PWYP Indonesia coalition cases.
PWYP Indonesia is committed to continuing support for effective law enforcement to achieve greater transparency and better governance of natural resources. This collaboration signals a promising initial step in strengthening synergies between state institutions and civil society to protect Indonesia’s environment.
Writer: Ledis Sixti Nauli Simorangkir
Reviewer: Meliana Lumbantoruan