PEP risk can come from any jurisdiction

Indonesia - A Standard Risk Country, yet, continues to produce more PEPs that are linked to bribery and corruption than anyone else. 

Whilst it isn’t classified as an Appendix I country what you may not realise is that it is a country with a huge area, a population of 273.8 million and a GDP of USD1.9 Trillion. It has its issues, and this is without going into the Suharto years (Google this link to find out more https://www.britannica.com/biography/Suharto).

• April 2019 - former Social Affairs Minister Idrus Marham, was sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes from a businessman in return for the rights to develop a coal-fired power plant project in Sumatra.

• July 2021 - Edhy Prabowo, the former minister of maritime affairs and fisheries, was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a corrupt scheme to export valuable lobster larvae.

• August 2021 - ex-Social Affairs Minister Juliari Peter Batubaram was sentenced to 12 years for taking bribes from private contractors in connection with a government COVID-19 assistance package.

• May 2023 - Johnny G. Plate, the minister of communication and information technology, was arrested in connection with the corrupt procurement of equipment needed to build some 4,200 mobile communication towers in remote areas of the archipelago.

• August 2023 - Syahrul Yasin Limpo  the former agriculture minister was charged with allegations of bribery, abuse of power, and fraud involving contracts with private vendors.