Law Enforcement Against Illegal Tin Mining in Pulau Besar Subdistrict in the Perspective of Criminal Offenses

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze law enforcement in the crime of illegal tin mining in Pulau Besar Sub-district. Indonesia is a country rich in minerals (mines), mining minerals include: tin, silver, natural gas and coal. Therefore, before conducting mining business activities, mining business actors must have a license which is regulated in Article 1 paragraph. (7) Law No. 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law No. 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining. In reality, there are still many tin mining business activities that do not have a mining business license. This research uses the Normative Research Method, namely library materials which are basic data in science which are classified as secondary data and use library research. This study discusses the problem of the impact of unlicensed mining activities which include positive and negative impacts on the surrounding community who live around the mine and law enforcement against unlicensed mining crimes which have been regulated in Article 158 of Law No. 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law No. 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining, so that what is done by the perpetrator does not have a permit, the authorities are the ones who enforce the law in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations.