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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.

ED busts firm run by Noida couple selling adult content to Cyprus-based porn sites

Mayank Kumar -
Subdigi Ventures allegedly received Rs 15.6 crore worth of illegal remittances from Technius Limited, which runs adult websites like Xhamster and Stripchat.

Money trail in IAS Sanjeev Hans case leads ED to senior Bihar govt officials, massive stash of cash

Mayank Kumar -
Action came after names of these officials surfaced during interrogation of Patna-based ‘middleman’ in a money laundering probe against suspended IAS officer Sanjeev Hans.

Arrest of scrap dealer who ‘channelled funds’ to SDPI, letter to EC—ED tightens noose around PFI

Mayank Kumar -
ED says its probe will establish whether SDPI, political arm of banned outfit PFI, would be named as accused under money laundering law. PFI was banned for 5 years in 2022.

Why ED is going after TN minister Senthil Balaji & state-owned TASMAC

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
A division bench of Madras High Court has stayed the ED proceedings against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation till 25 March in an alleged money laundering case.

FEMA violations probe into entities linked to Soros’s OSF: Here are 3 companies under ED scanner

Mayank Kumar -
Three Indian companies allegedly received Rs 25 crore from US billionaire Soros-backed investment fund, violating Indian foreign funding regulations, it is learnt.

ED lodged 193 cases against politicians in last 10 yrs, with 2 convictions & 0 acquittals—govt data

Bismee Taskin -
Presenting data in RS, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said no information is available on whether ED cases against oppn leaders have increased in recent years.

UP govt scraps MoU with VueNow, blacklists it after founder’s arrest by ED in Rs 3,500 crore ‘scam’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
MoU was related to setting up data centres at Rs 13,500 crore investment. At UP Global Investors Summit 2023, VueNow founder was seen speaking in presence of senior govt officials.

Inside ED raids on entities linked to Soros’s OSF—‘funds routed via shell companies to bypass FCRA’

Mayank Kumar -
Raids part of FEMA probe. Any funds transferred by donors to US billionaire Soros-backed Open Society Foundations requires clearance from home ministry before disbursal, it is learnt.

ED summons Lalu, wife Rabri & son Tej Pratap Yadav for questioning in land-for-jobs case

PTI -
The 3 will be questioned under PMLA as agency probes allegations of corruption against Lalu. He and his younger son Tejashwi Yadav have been questioned by ED in this case earlier.

Why ED sent Rs 611 cr FEMA violation show cause notice to Paytm parent company

Mayank Kumar -
Directors & those managing the finances of OCL & its affiliated firms, who have been served the notices, have to appear before the ED investigating officers, it is learnt.
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