Agus Santoso (Srihandriatmo Malau/tribunnews.com)

Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) deputy head Agus Santoso has said that in cooperation with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), his institution has been able to track financial transactions that allegedly involve international terrorist networks.

'€œFrom our joint research, we have uncovered the financial transactions of the terrorist networks. From our research, we have also learned [the terrorist networks] in Australia and Indonesia,'€ Agus said in Jakarta on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.

For that, the PPATK uses lists of names of suspected terrorists issued by the National Police'€™s counterterrorism squad of Densus 88.

He said that in the past three years, his institution had tracked Rp 7 billion (US$ 508,928) of financial transactions, reportedly involving terrorist networks, which was a significant increase as previously the sum of transactions amounted to only some Rp 2 billion.

According to Agus, the donations are used to buy explosive materials and weapons as well as to finance their daily activities like renting houses, training and their daily needs. '€œMaybe the money is also used to help activities in Poso, Central Sulawesi,'€ he added.

Both Australia and Indonesia well understand that they have to cooperate to understand the flow of money that is used to finance terrorist activities in both countries.

As chairman of the world'€™s Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centers Association, Indonesia plans to invite representatives of 19 countries as well as five multilateral institutions to discuss how to deal with suspicious transactions. (bbn)

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