STATE’S AUTHORITY IN PROSECUTING ILLEGAL GOODS DISTRIBUTORS

Abstract

This study aims to identify the types of state losses associated with the circulation of goods without a distribution permit and the state's authority to demand the return of state losses from dealers of goods without a distribution license. This is normative legal research based on the application of legal principles to the analysis of existing problems, legal analysis, and literature review. The results indicate that the circulation of various types of goods products without distribution permits causes losses, including harming the production and consumption of domestic goods products that already have a distribution license, which causes losses in the economic sector, decreased Non-Tax State Revenues from management, and disruption of public safety and health due to consumer goods without a distribution permit. Criminal law enforcement and Law Number 18, 2012, are the means for prosecuting vendors of goods without distribution permits.