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Perampasan Aset Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang: Perlindungan Pihak Ketiga Beritikad Baik dalam Perspektif Hukum Indonesia Harefa, Beniharmoni; Supardi
Jurnal Risalah Hukum Vol 21 No 2 (2025): Volume 21, Nomor 2, Desember 2025
Publisher : Fakultas Hukum Universitas Mulawarman

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/risalah.v21.i2.2008

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Asset forfeiture in money laundering serves as a key tool to disrupt the economic benefits of crime and restore state losses, yet its implementation faces challenges in protecting bona fide third parties. The lack of clear and consistent standards for assessing good faith leads judges to decide case by case, creating legal uncertainty and potential injustice. Normative gaps, including disharmony regarding non-conviction-based forfeiture, exacerbate these ambiguities. This study employs a normative juridical method combining statute, case, and conceptual approaches. The statute approach examines the TPPU Law and the Corruption Eradication Law on asset forfeiture and third-party protection; the case approach analyzes judicial practice, including Decision No. 362/Pid.Sus/2025/PN Jkt.Sel, to assess judges’ interpretation of good faith; the conceptual approach reviews doctrines, principles, and theories on asset forfeiture, property rights, and third-party protection. Findings show that judicial standards remain inconsistent, leaving third-party protection case-specific and legally uncertain. The study highlights the gap between normative frameworks and practice and underscores the urgent need for clearer, proportional standards for proving good faith in the anti-money laundering regime.
Criminal Liability for Child Grooming Operational Patterns in Mobile Legends Online Gaming Fachri, Amanda Maharani; Harefa, Beniharmoni
Rechtsidee Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): December
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21070/jihr.v13i2.1089

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General Background—The rapid expansion of digital interactive spaces has intensified risks of non-physical sexual violence against children, particularly through online gaming platforms; Specific Background—Mobile Legends, one of Indonesia’s most popular multiplayer games, offers communication features that have been exploited by perpetrators to conduct child grooming through gradual trust-building and manipulation; Knowledge Gap—Indonesian criminal law does not explicitly regulate child grooming as a standalone offense, creating uncertainty in attributing criminal liability at pre-physical stages; Aims—This study analyzes the criminal liability of child grooming perpetrators operating through Mobile Legends within the framework of Indonesian law; Results—Using a normative juridical method, the study finds that perpetrators’ actions satisfy the elements of actus reus and mens rea under existing statutes, including child protection, electronic information, and sexual violence laws, even without physical contact; Novelty—The research integrates criminal liability theory with empirically identified grooming patterns in online gaming environments, emphasizing accountability at the preparatory and psychological manipulation stages; Implications—The findings suggest that while current laws can substantively address digital child grooming through systematic interpretation, effective enforcement requires enhanced digital forensic capacity, child-centered reporting mechanisms, and stronger collaboration with game platform providers to ensure comprehensive child protection in the digital era. Highlights: Digital Modus Operandi — Child grooming in Mobile Legends occurs through staged psychological manipulation using in-game and external communication features. Legal Accountability — Even without physical contact, grooming actions fulfill actus reus and mens rea under Indonesian child protection, ITE, and TPKS laws. Regulatory Urgency — The absence of explicit grooming provisions highlights the need for clearer norms and stronger digital law enforcement mechanisms. Keywords: Child Grooming, Online Gaming, Criminal Liability, Digital Sexual Violence, Indonesian Law
Legal Regulation Problems for Online Gamblers Firdha Sifana; Beniharmoni Harefa
KRTHA BHAYANGKARA Vol. 19 No. 3 (2025): KRTHA BHAYANGKARA: DECEMBER 2025
Publisher : Fakultas Hukum Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31599/krtha.v19i3.4600

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The rapid development of digital technology has led to a new form of criminal activity online gambling which continues to expand within Indonesian society. However, the existing legal provisions, both in the old Criminal Code (KUHP) and the new National KUHP, do not explicitly regulate criminal sanctions for online gambling players. Meanwhile, the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE) only addresses penalties for organizers and service providers. This has resulted in a legal vacuum, leading to uncertainty and weak law enforcement effectiveness. This study aims to examine the legal implications of the absence of specific regulations on criminal sanctions for online gambling players and to analyze the urgency of establishing a special regulation governing such sanctions in Indonesia. The research employs a juridical-normative method using statutory, conceptual, and case approaches to analyze the normative limitations and the need for criminal law reform. The findings indicate that Gustav Radbruch’s theory of legal certainty is relevant in explaining the necessity for more adaptive and clear legal provisions. The study recommends the formulation of a specific legal provision that defines online gambling players, outlines the elements of the offense, and differentiates levels of culpability, so that law enforcement and sentencing can be applied proportionally to the degree of involvement and fault of each offender.
Administrative Penal Law Enforcement in Beauty Clinics: Unauthorized Use of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices in Indonesia Intan Riani, Marsya; Prasetyo, Handoyo; Harefa, Beniharmoni
LAW & PASS: International Journal of Law, Public Administration and Social Studies Vol. 2 No. 6 (2026): February
Publisher : PT. Multidisciplinary Press Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47353/lawpass.v2i6.102

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The rapid growth of beauty clinics in Indonesia has raised significant legal concerns regarding the unauthorized use of pharmaceutical preparations and medical devices, including dermarollers. Although Indonesian health law provides administrative and criminal sanctions, enforcement mechanisms remain fragmented and inconsistently applied. This study examines the enforcement of administrative penal law in addressing unlawful practices in beauty clinics, particularly the misuse of pharmaceuticals and medical devices without proper authorization. This research employs a normative juridical method supported by statutory and case approaches. It analyzes relevant legislation, including health law and medical device regulations, as well as selected court decisions to evaluate how administrative and criminal sanctions are implemented in practice. The findings reveal that enforcement tends to prioritize criminal prosecution while administrative measures—such as license revocation, suspension, and regulatory supervision—are underutilized. This imbalance weakens preventive regulatory control and creates enforcement gaps. The study argues that effective health law enforcement requires an integrated administrative-penal framework that positions administrative sanctions as the primary preventive instrument, with criminal sanctions functioning as ultimum remedium. This research contributes to the development of administrative penal law theory within the context of health regulation and offers policy recommendations to strengthen regulatory coherence in Indonesia’s beauty clinic sector.
Judicial Discretion in Criminal Justice: Challenges, Implications, and Comparative Lessons from Indonesia and the Netherlands Amelia, Dean Putri; Harefa, Beniharmoni
Legitimasi: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Politik Hukum Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025)
Publisher : Islamic Criminal Law Department, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22373/legitimasi.v14i2.32581

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This article discusses the challenges and implications of applying the principle of judicial pardon rechtelijk pardon in the Indonesian legal system, by comparing similar concepts that have already been implemented in the Netherlands. This principle grants judges the discretion not to impose criminal penalties on perpetrators who are proven guilty if their actions are deemed minor, taking into account the principles of justice and humanity. This study employs a normative juridical method, utilizing a legislative, historical, conceptual, and comparative approach. The results show that the Dutch legal system has comprehensively implemented rechtelijk pardon, supported by consistent procedural law and jurisprudential practice. Conversely, the application of this principle in Indonesia still faces significant challenges due to the lack of synchronization between the substantive law in the 2023 Criminal Code and the formal law in the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the absence of clear technical guidelines for judges to apply it. As a result, the principle of judicial pardon has the potential to become a symbolic norm without effective operationalization. This article emphasizes the importance of harmonizing the legal system and strengthening the implementation of regulations so that this principle can function optimally as an instrument of humanistic justice in national criminal law
Konstruksi Hukum Unsur Mens Rea Dan Kerugian Keuangan Negara Dalam Tindak Pidana Korupsi Pada Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN): Legal Construction of State Financial Loss and the Implementation of the Business Judgment Rule in Act Number 16 of 2025 Beniharmoni Harefa; Siswanto Siswanto
Dialogia Iuridica Vol. 18 No. 1 (2026): Dialogia Iuridica Journal Vol 18 No. 1 Year 2026
Publisher : Faculty of Law, Maranatha Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.28932/di.v18i1.13869

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State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) hold a strategic position in the national economic as both economic actor and instruments of the state in promoting public welfare. However, this position gives rise to juridical complexities, particularly concerning directors’ liability for corporate losses that are often classified as state financial losses. This issue has become more prominent following the enactment of Law Number 16 of 2025 on SOEs, which not only strengthens corporate governance but also clarifies the boundary between business risk and unlawful conduct. This research aims to analyze the relationship between mens rea, state financial losses, and corruption offenses within the newly established legal framework governing SOEs, as well as to examine the application of the BJR in limiting the criminalization of business decisions. The research employs a normative juridical method with statutory, case, comparative, and conceptual approaches. The findings indicate that not all losses incurred by SOEs can be classified as state financial losses in the criminal law sense. Criminal liability requires the cumulative fulfillment of state loss, unlawful conduct, and mens rea. In this context, the BJR serves as a legal protection mechanism for directors who act in good faith, with due care, and without conflict of interest, while maintaining a balance between legal certainty, accountability, and managerial discretion
Co-Authors Abdul Kholib Abdul Kholiq Achmad, Nazilah Adiatma Nugroho Al-Fahad, Hamad Faisal Alfian Mahendra Alifa, Virgie Kesfian Amelia, Dean Putri Andi Jefri Ardin Anditya, Ariesta Wibisono Annisa Carolin Ardin, Andi Jefri Aura Islami, Diajeng Dhea Annisa Ayu Astari, Sindi Azzizah, Khoerina Bambang Waluyo Bambang Waluyo Carissa Nuramallia Prihatna Christian Goklas Citraresmi Widoretno Putri Cornelius, Arilasman Fachri, Amanda Maharani Fernando, Zico Junius Fibriana, Ainur Firdha Sifana Garry, Garry Handar Subhandi Bakhtiar Handoyo Prasetyo Hartono, Teguh Humana, Sri I Putu Sastra Wibawa Indrirarosa, Martina Intan Riani, Marsya Islami, Diajeng Dhea Annisa Aura Jeanny Anggita Fitriyani Juniawaty, Tata Adela Kinanti Alysha Putri Haryanto Kinanti Puput Septiana Laksmana Triwiraputra, Ega Larasati, Raden Roro Permata Dewi Lieni Eprencia Bunga Sitompul Maharani, Asari Suci Mahrus Ali Manurung, Karina Hasiyanni Maria Yohana Muhammad Aulia Farhan Muhammad, Faiz Emery Nafaya Ramadhani Bidari Nazli Bin Ismail Nefrisa Adlina Maaruf Novyana, Hilda NurAfni NurAfni Nurasiah, Mita Nurul Bazroh Poerwoko Hadi Sasmito Prabowo, M Shidqon Prameswari, Athalie Aisyah Putri Tamara Amardhotillah Putri, Maria Sylvia Raya Waruwu, Riki Perdana Ridwansyah, Naufal Nabiil Riyanto Riyanto Said, Fathya Sofia Salma Agustina Salma Agustina Sanjaya, Aditya Wiguna Sasmito, Poerwoko Hadi Satino Siswanto Siswanto Skandiva, Razananda Subakdi Suherman Supardi Supardi Supardi Suyanto, Heru Thoriq, Ahmad Reihan Tomi Gumilang, Singgih Tsabitha Afnan Putri Wahyudhi Wahdah, Azzhara Nikita Witasya Aurelia Sulaeman Yohana Damayanti Br Kaban Yuliana Yuli W Yuliana Yuli Wahyuningsih