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TopicEnforcement Directorate

Topic: Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a central agency working directly under the Ministry of Finance, tasked with investigating and enforcing laws related to financial offenses. Its origin goes back to 1 May, 1956, when an Enforcement Unit was formed in the Department of Economic Affairs for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. The following year, this Unit was renamed as Enforcement Directorate.

The ED’s mandate encompasses investigating offenses under significant legislative frameworks such as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999 (FEMA), and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018 (FEOA). The agency investigates individuals and entities involved in financial wrongdoing. This may include tracing illicit funds, seizing assets acquired through illegal means, and prosecuting offenders to ensure accountability and deterrence.

Headquartered in New Delhi, the ED operates through a network of regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata.

‘Middle class’ bet that funded high stakes game & how ED ended YouTuber Anurag Dwivedi’s winning streak

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As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carries out raids and investigations into the life of Uttar Pradesh-based YouTuber Anurag Dwivedi, more details emerge about his lavish lifestyle. 

Vishal Gogne, the judge who took ED to task & who Rabri Devi doesn’t want to face

Khadija Khan -
From National Herald to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi’s cases, Gogne has built reputation for being stickler for procedure & not shying away from examining investigative agencies.

Did ED break own rulebook in National Herald case? Why court junked charge sheet against Gandhis

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Court said ED, in proceeding with case, went against its own usual practice of basing its probes on CBI’s FIRs & charge sheets even as the latter remained wary about case’s viability.

National Herald case: Relief for Rahul, Sonia as Delhi court refuses to take note of ED chargesheet

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Court says the chargesheet in based on investigation into a complaint by a private individual and 'not an FIR based on predicate offence'. ED says it will file an appeal against the order.

iPhone, Europe trips & ‘mangoes’—ED probe against contractor lands Bihar civil servants in soup

Mayank Kumar -
Shree’s links to the IAS officers under scrutiny, ED alleges, date back to their tenures with urban development & housing department (UDHD) and Bihar Urban Infra Development Corp (BUIDCO).

Masala bond heat returns ahead of Kerala local polls. CM Pinarayi, ex-minister Isaac get ED notices

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With just a week left for Kerala local body polls, the ED has revived probe into Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board's 2019 masala bond, alleging FEMA violations.

Medical college inspections ‘scam’: How nexus leaked info for bribes, right under NMC body’s nose

Mayank Kumar -
ED raids followed CBI charge sheet pointing to nexus of govt officials, agents, chancellors of prominent universities involved in exchange of bribes for favourable inspection reports.

Dead man’s land: How Delhi blast-linked Al Falah founder bought multiple land parcels with forged papers

Mayank Kumar -
ED probe finds 50 land parcels bought on same day through same agent by same company, in some cases using signatures or thumb impressions of dead people, it is learnt.

Stalled in courts, a 2019 fraud case linked to Pinarayi daughter still a political flashpoint in Kerala

Aneesa PA -
The CMRL-Exalogic case allegedly involved fraudulent payments to a firm owned by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena T. Both have denied the allegations.

‘Fruit of a poisoned tree’: Why Delhi HC ruled profits from illegal betting are ‘proceeds of crime’

Khadija Khan -
Profits from illegal cricket betting constitute ‘proceeds of crime’ even when betting itself not listed as offence under PMLA, court dismisses pleas linked to Rs 2,400 crore racket.
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