National Counter Terrorism Agency

National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT)
Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme
Agency overview
Formed2010 (2010)
Preceding agency
  • Counter-Terrorism Coordination Desk
JurisdictionIndonesia Indonesia
Agency executive
  • Pol. Com. Gen. Rycko Amelza Dahniel, Chief
Parent departmentCoordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs
Websitebnpt.go.id

The National Counter Terrorism Agency (Indonesian: Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme, lit.'National Agency for Counter Terrorism'; abbreviated as BNPT) is an Indonesian non-ministerial government department that works to prevent terrorism. BNPT is headed by a chief, who is responsible to the President. When it was first launched, the leader of BNPT held the ranking of a civil servant but the Presidential Regulation in 2012 elevated the post of BNPT Chief to the ministerial level.[1]

BNPT was formed based on the 46th Presidential Regulation of 2010. The predecessor of this agency was Counter-Terrorism Coordinating Desk (Desk Koordinasi Pemberantasan Terorisme abbreviated as DKPT).[1]

Its stated missions involve prevention terrorism and radicalism through efforts to work with government institutions and the community including prevention, protection, prosecution and de-radicalization of terrorism in Indonesia.[2]

In 2015, Indonesia was taken out of the 'Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories' (NCCTs) list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Indonesia now has the same advantages and status as G20 countries. The exit proves that BNPT is committed to preventing terrorism by combating financial crimes through the implementation of Law No.9/2013.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Tentang BNPT". Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  2. ^ "Visi dan Misi PPID". 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference no-9 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Indonesia out of FATF Blacklist". Tempo. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2019-04-09.