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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.

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Ranchi police have booked two ED officers including an assistant director on complaint by former govt employee being probed by agency. ED officers have moved HC seeking quashing of FIR.

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Mamata committed ‘robbery’ during I-PAC raids, TMC hell bent on stalling court hearings—ED tells SC

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee entered I-PAC director’s premises despite request not to interfere, ED submits in writ petition; says TMC workers were ‘hell bent’ on stalling HC proceedings.

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West Bengal ‘coal scam’ funds channelled to I-PAC via hawala, Enforcement Directorate submits in Calcutta High Court.

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Mamata rushes to I-PAC chief’s home amid ED raids, cries vendetta. Agency says ‘she took away evidence’

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CM went to I-PAC head Pratik Jain’s Kolkata house as news of raids at the residence & office emerged, said she collected her ‘party file’. I-PAC gives political consultancy services to TMC.
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