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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.

Dabba trading, online betting case: Luxury cars, Rs 3 crore cash, jewels tumble out in ED’s Mumbai raids

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Dabba trading apps—such as VMoney, VM Trading, Standard Trades Ltd, IBull Capital, LotusBook, 11Starss, GameBetLeague—are currently under ED investigation.

National Herald case: Court reserves order on cognizance of ED complaint against Rahul, Sonia Gandhi

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Judge says order will be pronounced 29 July. Apart from Gandhis, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, Young Indian, Dotex Merchandise & Sunil Bhandari are named as accused in ED charge sheet.

Robert Vadra appears before ED in money laundering case linked to arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari

PTI -
Vadra is being investigated by the central probe agency in three different money laundering cases. The two others pertain to alleged irregularities in land deals.

Months after mass deportations by Trump 2.0, ED raids in Punjab, Haryana find dunki rackets still thriving

Mayank Kumar -
ED raided 7 locations in Punjab & Haryana. It found several illegalities including firms operating under pseudo names. Some firms ran legal business as well as ‘dunki route’ syndicate.

Conversion racket ‘kingpin’ Chhangur Baba had senior cops among his followers, global network of agents

Bismee Taskin -
Arrested by UP ATS last week & also under ED lens, Chhangur Baba allegedly siphoned funds from outside India, routing them via Nepal in 40 bank accounts, and ran an extensive agent network.

ED raids 11 locations across Punjab, Haryana in ‘donkey route’ case

PTI -
According to ED sources, the searches are part of a money laundering investigation into a ‘donkey route’ case related to illegal Indian immigrants who were deported by the US this year.

Murari Lal Tayal: How a mighty Hooda-era civil servant landed in ED crosshairs

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Gurugram: Murari Lal Tayal was a prominent figure in Haryana’s bureaucracy during Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s first term as Chief Minister, serving as his Principal...

‘Special 26’ with a twist—Delhi Police busts ‘fake’ ED raid at upscale car showroom in Chanakyapuri

Mayank Kumar -
A debt-ridden employee of the showroom allegedly conspired with two other persons to steal Rs 30 lakh from the showroom. The fake ED raid was staged on 20 June.

‘Failed extradition not immunity’—why Delhi court declared Sanjay Bhandari fugitive economic offender

Mayank Kumar -
New Delhi: Rejecting his contention that a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against him was executed with his arrest in the United Kingdom and subsequent...

ED raids 13 premises across Delhi-NCR, Punjab; seizes key documents, digital devices under PMLA

ANI -
According to Delhi EOW FIR, Raheja Developers fraudulently collected large sums from investors and homebuyers, promising flats in group housing projects but failed to deliver.
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