Legal Literacy - We often hear about the crime of receiving stolen goods. Have you ever known what the article formulates in the criminal code? Is every purchase of stolen goods (which we do not know) always considered receiving stolen goods? Let's look at the explanation in the following article!

Understanding the Crime of Receiving Stolen Goods

Receiving stolen goods is a crime involving property, which means an attack on other people's interests in the property or wealth they own. The terminology of criminal law explains that receiving stolen goods is an act of deliberately wanting to gain profit from goods originating from a crime, by buying, selling, renting, receiving pawn, pawning, or storing goods.

Receiving stolen goods can occur because of the perpetrator's desire to obtain profits from the proceeds of crime because goods obtained from crime are much cheaper than normal prices on the market. The phenomenon of receiving stolen goods crimes is suspected to be related to economic factors related to increasing daily needs, increasingly expensive basic necessities, a lack of available jobs in society, competition, and other conflicts of interest.

Formulation of the Crime of Receiving Stolen Goods

Based on the form and severity of the receiving stolen goods, the crime of receiving stolen goods is divided into 3 (three) types, namely: ordinary receiving stolen goods, receiving stolen goods as a habit, and petty receiving stolen goods.