Policy on the Formulation of Mitigated Criminal Sanctions for Justice Collaborators in the Prevention of Corruption

A Justice Collaborator is a cooperating witness. This means that they are one of the perpetrators of a criminal act of corruption, but not the main perpetrator. The purpose of this study is to examine and understand the importance of the policy of formulating reduced criminal sanctions for Justice Collaborators in efforts to combat criminal acts of corruption. A Justice Collaborator is a perpetrator who is willing to cooperate with law enforcement to uncover a criminal act. The urgency of this article is to determine how the policy of formulating lenient criminal sanctions for Justice Collaborators in the effort to combat corruption is formulated and whether the formulation of lenient criminal sanctions for Justice Collaborators is in accordance with the applicable criminal justice system. The results of this study are related to the formulation of criminal sanctions for Justice Collaborators in combating corruption, which is regulated in several regulations, namely Constitution Number 31 of 2014 concerning Witness and Victim Protection, and Supreme Court Circular Letter Number 04 of 2011. Furthermore, the mitigation of criminal sanctions for Justice Collaborators is consistent with the current criminal justice system. However, the implementation of Justice Collaborators in efforts to combat corruption currently faces numerous challenges and requires improvements in the future.