Money Laundering Resulting from Money Counterfeiting in the Perspective of the Criminal Code

Abstract

This article analyzes the correlation between the crimes of currency counterfeiting and money laundering within the framework of Indonesia's Criminal Code (KUHP). This phenomenon is significant because counterfeit money successfully circulated is frequently disguised through various financial transactions to appear legitimate, thereby creating distinct challenges in law enforcement. The purpose of this article is to examine the legal construction linking currency counterfeiting as a predicate crime with money laundering as a subsequent offense, as well as to analyze the forms of criminal liability imposed on the perpetrators. This study employs a normative juridical method with statutory and conceptual approaches, through the examination of primary and secondary legal materials. The findings indicate that proceeds from counterfeiting can be categorized as criminal assets subject to money laundering, and perpetrators may be held cumulatively liable under the Currency Law, the Anti-Money Laundering Law, and the national Criminal Code, although its implementation still faces evidentiary constraints in practice.