"In a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono on March 25, we found several drug dealers on the wanted list who had escaped abroad. This can potentially hinder law enforcement in Indonesia," BNN Head, Commissioner General Marthinus Hukom, stated in Jakarta on Friday.
He further disclosed that numerous assets linked to the narcotics trade are located abroad, deliberately placed there to evade confiscation by Indonesian law enforcement aiming to impoverish drug syndicates.
Hence, Hukom expressed hope that Minister Sugiono would strengthen diplomacy with various countries to accelerate the process of extradition and return of assets from drug crimes abroad.
BNN and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also agreed to intensify international cooperation in facing global challenges related to drug crimes.
During the meeting with Minister Sugiono, Hukom discussed important issues related to wanted drug offenders who are abroad and various assets belonging to drug syndicate networks spread across various countries.
Earlier, the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, Asep Nana Mulyana, drew attention to the challenges in confiscating the assets of crime perpetrators in Indonesia.
Mulyana emphasized that investigators in Indonesia should have the authority to confiscate the assets of perpetrators of crimes even if the owners are located abroad, and the crimes also occurred abroad.
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