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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 attaches commercial spaces in GIP mall, Adventure Island in case linked to Appu Ghar promoters

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Promoters of International Recreation and Amusement Ltd have been accused of fraudulently raising Rs 400 crore from 1,500 investors, and using the funds for personal gains.

ED files prosecution complaint against Sheikh Shahjahan in money laundering case

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Sheikh, ED alleged, had ‘created a criminal empire revolving around land grabbing, illegal fish farming/trading, cartelisation of contracts, collection of illegal taxes/levies etc.’

ED raids mafia in Punjab for illegally mining on land attached in ‘Bhola’ drug case

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Mining don Nasib Chand's firm was accused by Punjab Police last year of carrying out illegal activities on these lands.

SubscriberWrites: Political vendetta – No plea of innocence?

Gururaj BN -
IT department, CBI & ED are misused by the Centre to target only the opposition leaders; those who join BJP go through ganga snan, and are absolved of all their sins.

After ED, CBI files chargesheet against suspended TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan

Mayank Kumar -
ED last week filed prosecution complaint bringing money laundering charges under PMLA against Shahjahan. CBI Monday filed chargesheet against him for January attack on officers.

SC questions Kejriwal’s delay in seeking more time to surrender, refers application to CJI

Bhadra Sinha -
Arvind Kejriwal has asked SC to push his surrender date by 7 days. SC asks why he didn't file his plea earlier when a judge of bench which heard his case was holding court till Friday.

Can legality of arrest be examined when trial court has taken note of ED chargesheet, SC asks Soren

Bhadra Sinha -
A vacation bench led by Justice Dipankar Datta posed the query on this technical question while hearing JMM leader's petition challenging his arrest.

‘Manipulated’ donor details, flouted FCRA norms — what ED said about AAP’s Rs 7.08 cr foreign funds

Mayank Kumar -
Passport numbers, mobile numbers & email addresses were duplicated to hide details of donors & diversion of funds to personal bank accounts of AAP functionaries, says ED.

Modi’s global stature nowhere close to that of Nehru, Indira or Vajpayee, says Yashwant Sinha

Apoorva Mandhani -
Vajpayee must be dismayed looking at Modi govt from heaven, says former Union minister Sinha, questions functioning of EC & ED and govt's claims about India's economy.

ED names both Kejriwal & AAP as accused in Delhi excise policy ‘scam’ in its chargesheet

Mayank Kumar -
AAP is 1st party to be officially named in a criminal case. ED told SC that it had 'extracted' chats between Kejriwal & a hawala operator regarding alleged proceeds of crime.
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