Analysis of Legal Protection for Land Owners Against Land Mafia Practices in Indonesia

Abstract

This research explores the issue of legal protection for land rights owners involved in land mafia practices in Indonesia. This research emerged because of the existence of crimes related to land mafia practices, and from a formal legal perspective, it is important to determine the steps and protections needed for victims who are trying to maintain ownership of their land rights from the actions of the land mafia.This research aims to examine legal protection against land mafia practices by utilizing a descriptive approach in the research specifications. The method used in writing this article isnormative legal research methods. Normative legal research is analyzing the application of law which is carried out by examining legal materials such as research on legal principles, positive law, legal rules and legal rules. The findings from the research show that legal protection efforts for land owners, apart from the government and law enforcement officials, can provide a solution to dealing with land mafia cases in Indonesia. The conclusion that can be drawn is that the criminal practices of the land mafia, which involve many parties and often include falsifying data on land certificate owners, require significant changes in order to prevent land mafia actions that disturb the community. This is also important so that perpetrators can be held accountable in accordance with applicable regulations. The limitations of the research in this paper only focus on legal protection for owners of land rights caused by the rampant land mafia in Indonesia. The value of this writing is to develop knowledge among the public and law enforcement officials regarding legal protection for land rights owners, which is currently common in Indonesia.