<![CDATA[AbstractThe modus operandi of the gold jewelry theft perpetrator is to pretend to want to weigh the gold jewelry he carries to determine its weight, then the perpetrator conducts a transaction of buying and selling the stolen gold jewelry to the gold shop. Based on data from Pontianak City Police, the number of cases of purchasing stolen gold jewelry by the owner of gold shops in Pontianak City from 2020 to 2022 amounted to 13 cases. Surprisingly, none of the perpetrators (owners of the gold shops) in these cases were prosecuted under Article 480 of the Criminal Code, which constitutes the crime of receiving stolen goods. The research method used by the author is sociological juridical, which in other words is a type of sociological legal research and can also be called field research. Sociological juridical research is also the identification of law and the effectiveness of law in the social dynamics of society. The reasons why gold shop owners buy stolen gold jewelry in Pontianak City without facing legal action related to the crime of receiving stolen goods is due to the lack of incriminating evidence against these gold shop owners. Efforts that should be undertaken by the Police towards the gold shop owners who purchase stolen gold jewelry in Pontianak City include being more thorough and meticulous in handling cases of gold shop owners who buy stolen gold jewelry in connection with the crime of receiving stolen goods. This is to ensure that the gold shop owners can be held criminally accountable if they fulfill the elements of the crime of receiving stolen goods and to provide legal education to gold shop owners about not purchasing gold jewelry suspected to be the result of theft, as it can be classified as the crime of receiving stolen goods. AbstrakModus yang dilakukan pelaku pencurian perhiasan emas dengan cara berpura-pura ingin menimbang perhiasan emas yang dibawanya untuk mengetahui jumlah beratnya, kemudian pelaku melakukan transaksi jual beli perhiasan emas hasil tindak pidana pencurian kepada pihak toko emas tersebut. Berdasarkan data dari Polresta Pontianak bahwa jumlah kasus pembelian perhiasan emas hasil tindak pidana pencurian yang dilakukan oleh pemilik toko emas di Kota Pontianak dari tahun 2020 sampai dengan tahun 2022 sebanyak 13 (tiga belas) kasus. Seluruh kasus tersebut yang menjadi dasar permasalahan dalam penelitian ini, ternyata tidak ada satupun pelakunya (pemilik toko emas) yang dilakukan penegakan hukum berdasarkan ketentuan Pasal 480 Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP) yang merupakan tindak pidana penadahan. Adapun metode penelitian yang digunakan penulis adalah yuridis sosiologis yang dengan kata lain adalah jenis penelitian hukum sosiologis dan dapat disebut pula dengan penelitian lapangan. Penelitian yuridis sosiologis juga merupakan identifikasi hukum dan efektivitas hukum dalam dinamika sosial kemasyarakatan. Faktor penyebab pemilik toko emas membeli perhiasan emas curian di Kota Pontianak tidak dilakukan penegakan hukum dikaitkan dengan tindak pidana penadahan dikarenakan kurangnya bukti yang memberatkan pemilik toko emas tersebut. Upaya yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh aparat Kepolisian terhadap pemilik toko emas yang membeli perhiasan emas hasil tindak pidana pencurian di Kota Pontianak adalah harus lebih teliti dan jeli dalam penanganan kasus pemilik toko emas yang membeli perhiasan emas curian dikaitkan dengan tindak pidana penadahan, agar pemilik toko emas tersebut dapat dimintakan pertanggungjawaban secara pidana apabila telah memenuhi unsur tindak pidana penadahan dan memberikan penyuluhan hukum kepada pemilik toko emas untuk tidak membeli perhiasan emas yang diduga hasil dari tindak pidana pencurian karena dapat dikualifisir sebagai tindak pidana penadahan. op owners.Efforts that should be undertaken by the Police towards the gold shop owners who purchase stolen gold jewelry in Pontianak City include being more thorough and meticulous in handling cases of gold shop owners who buy stolen gold jewelry in connection with the crime of receiving stolen goods. This is to ensure that the gold shop owners can be held criminally accountable if they fulfill the elements of the crime of receiving stolen goods and to provide legal education to gold shop owners about not purchasing gold jewelry suspected to be the result of theft, as it can be classified as the crime of receiving stolen goods.]]>
