At a function to dedicate and open the 7th International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) Asia Pacific and Middle East Regional Conference and High Level Prosecutors Meeting at the State Palace on Thursday, the president asked the participants of the conference to step up the cooperation in justice and law enforcement.
"I ask the participants to make use of this conference for cross border justice and law enforcement, especially to track, to liquidate, to confiscate, and to return the missing state assets abroad," the president said.
But the head of state did not say in detail certain cases that have to be overcome by the Attorney General`s Office.
He asserted that Indonesia was facing with a number of transnational crime such as corruption, drugs cases, terrorism, human trafficking, and other crimes committed by certain actors, not the state.
According to the president, such crimes posed a serious threat to national security and had a potential to worsen the people`s economy.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Basrief Arief in his report said the conference of international prosecutors was themed, "Asia Pacific and Middle East Cooperation in Criminal Matters".
Basries said the conference, attended by 195 participants from 33 Asia-Pacific countries and from Europe and the Middle East, would last for three days from March 17 to 19, 2011 at the Sultan Hotel in Jakarta.
According to him the participants of the conference would discuss issues related to extradition cooperation and the handling of proceeds of crime assets spread across many countries.
"This is a form of accelerated cross border law enforcement," Basrief said, adding that the International Association of Prosecutors was established in 1995 with its members consisted of a number of institutions from prosecution from various countries.
(Uu.O001/HAJM)
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