Bank Indonesia Socialize Prevention 'Money Laundring'
Bank December 6th, 2009
Bank Indonesia (BI) Manado to disseminate public awareness about the application of Know Your Customer (KYC), or the principle of know your customer, to prevent money laundering (money laundring).
Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), Muliaman D. Hadad put it in Manado, Friday (05 / 6), who attended North Sulawesi Provincial Government Assistant II, Marieta Kuntag, BI Leader Manado, Jeffrey Kairupan and Sujanarko Commission members and Wahyu Hidayat.
“To encourage people to be working with financial service providers or banks, the Bank together with the Report Center and the Financial Transaction Analysis (PPATK) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), conduct socialization to the community in a comprehensive and sustainable,” said Hadad.
Socialization activities Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundring (AML), Hadad said, is a manifestation of a national strategy in order to prevent money laundering.
“Officials at the environment a priority of local government as the party needs to understand the application of the provisions of KYC and AML,” said Hadad.
He explained that the KYC is the principle applied to determine the identity of customers, including reporting suspicious financial transactions to INTRAC.
“With this socialization is expected elements of society, especially officials in the local government could assist in the implementation of the provisions in question, as well as support the efforts of government and state institutions, to protect the banking industry so as not to be misused as a medium for money laundering,” he said.
