THE news reached the Financial Transactions Report & Analysis Center (PPATK), in July of last year. The content was sexy: funds in the amount of US$5.3 million (approximately Rp47 billion) under the name of Eduard Cornelis William Neloe were going to be withdrawn from a bank in Switzerland.

The signal was sent by the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS). They were suspicious because such a huge amount was going to be withdrawn at