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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.

‘Crossing all limits’: SC slams ED, stays probe against TASMAC in Tamil Nadu liquor licences row

PTI -
Highlighting absence of any predicate offence involving TASMAC as an accused, SC said the probe agency was violating all norms of federal governance by initiating the investigation.

Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara under ED lens as probe in Ranya Rao gold smuggling case deepens

Mayank Kumar -
The agency raided 16 locations, including some tied to the Congress MLA, after investigators traced unaccounted funds linked to the gold smuggling network.

Kerala Police vs ED—the ‘Rs 2 crore bribe’ at heart of vigilance case against Kochi ED officer

Mayank Kumar -
A senior ED officer in Kochi was named the first accused in a case wherein bribe was allegedly demanded to drop a case. Central agency calls the complainant a 'fraudster'.

Nishikant Dubey urges ED, NIA to probe influencers after YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra’s arrest for ‘spying’

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The BJP MP wrote on X that YouTubers, media influencers, Facebook journalists, & unemployed journalists should be probed to see if they are also 'conniving' with 'foreign powers'.

ED arrests Gujarat Samachar MD for ‘money laundering’. ‘Targeted for fearless critique of BJP govt’—Oppn

Mayank Kumar -
Ahmedabad court Friday granted Bahubali Shah, elder son of newspaper’s founding editor, interim bail in view of health concerns. ED did not oppose his plea on humanitarian grounds.

What’s the PMLA case against Dharam Singh Chhoker, ex-Congress MLA in ED custody after dramatic arrest

Mayank Kumar -
Chhoker was arrested after ED, while searching for him, got a tip-off that he was partying at the Shangri-La Hotel in the heart of Delhi, it is learnt.

ED books five, raids nine locations in Gujarat in Waqf money laundering case

PTI -
The accused allegedly claimed to be trustees of two Waqf properties, entered into 'fraud' lease agreements, extorted rents from tenants, and submitted false affidavits to the Waqf Board.

Another closure report in 2010 CWG ‘scam’. Here’s what happened to the 19 FIRs filed since 2010

Apoorva Mandhani -
Special court this week accepted ED's closure report in money laundering case against Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee.

ED director concedes PMLA cases piling up for yrs, weeks after CBI chief made similar admission

Mayank Kumar -
Rahul Navin's statement comes a month after CBI boss Praveen Sood said that agency should not take pride in only registration of cases when it has been faulted for delays & pendency.

15 years after CWG ‘scam’, why a Delhi court accepted ED’s closure report against Suresh Kalmadi

Apoorva Mandhani -
As original CBI case was closed in 2016, ED noted that no 'scheduled offence' was committed by the accused. Money laundering probe fell flat as predicate offence was absent.
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