Peran Kepolisian dalam Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Tindak Pidana Korupsi (Studi di Kepolisian Daerah Sumatera Utara)

Abstract

The role of the police in disclosing a criminal offense including one of corruption is extremely important and very urgent. But due to the level of facilities and infrastructure of the police are also limited and the need for disclosure of evidence in corruption then in this connection Investigator Police also need other agencies that have competence in the conduct of an audit investigation. This fact contributes that the cooperation between Police and other agencies are extremely important, especially in finding the truth about something that is expected to indicate the state financial harm or there has been an incident of corruption. The problems raised in this research include how setting role of the police in the investigation of corruption, how the authority of the police in the investigation of corruption and how the constraints faced by the police in the investigation of corruption in the region of North Sumatra Police. The results of research and discussion describes setting up the role of the police in criminal investigations of corruption are found in Act No. 8 of 1981 On Criminal Procedure Code, Act No. 31 Year 1999 on Corruption Act as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 and Act No. 2 Year 2002 on the Indonesian National Police, which of all of the settings explained that the investigators included in the corruption case is the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia