THE owner of a tin smelter company Venus Inti Perkasa in Bangka Belitung, Tamron Tamsil alias Aon, is currently on trial along with other defendants in the tin trading corruption case at the Jakarta Corruption Court. Aon is alleged to have played a central role in creating shell companies to receive tin ore from illegal mining within Timah’s mining concession area. This tin ore was then resold to Timah at inflated prices and disguised