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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.

ED to question Sri Lankan woman lodged in Chennai jail as probe into ‘LTTE revival bid’ picks up pace

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Chennai court has granted ED permission to question Franciska as part of money laundering probe into ‘bid to revive’ LTTE by remnant leaders or cadres of Tamil militant outfit.

Fake CA forms, real remittances: Inside Rs 700 cr ‘fraud’ in which ED secured 1st Interpol Purple Notice

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The ED probe found scamsters pretending to be directors of shell firms & forging CA forms to route funds abroad via ICICI Bank accounts through identity fraud & the misuse of regulatory gaps.

As HC upholds his arrest, a look at Congress ex-MLA Dharam Chhoker’s saga of legal tussles with ED

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Dharam Chhoker’s plea to quash arrest fails as HC cites repeated non-cooperation, multiple non-bailable warrants, and Enforcement Directorate’s need for his custodial interrogation.

ED arrests Congress MLA Satish Sail in illegal iron export, money laundering case

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The MLA from Karnataka's Karwar Assembly constituency, after a day-long interrogation. Sail will be produced before the court later today.

Foreign asset files: How Amarinder & son’s setback in HC could put a ‘frozen’ FEMA probe in motion

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Punjab & Haryana HC rejected Amarinder & Raninder’s plea against ED file inspection, saying that only I-T dept, which obtained the files, can object under Indo-French treaty.

ED questions Shikhar Dhawan in 1xBet money laundering case

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The agency summoned Dhawan to record his statement over alleged links to the betting app via promotions. The platform is accused of tax evasion and duping investors.

‘Application of mind not proportionate to number of pages’—Why SC has expressed ‘anguish’ at NGT 

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NGT is a specialised statutory body set up by Parliament in 2010 for hearing matters relating to environmental protection and forest conservation.

ED raids AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj’s residence in alleged hospital construction scam

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The raids began early Tuesday at 13 locations, including the former Delhi health minister's house. Search ops are being carried out under Section 17 of PMLA.

ED arrests Karnataka MLA Veerendra in multi-crore betting case. Cash, gold & luxury vehicles seized

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KC Veerendra was allegedly running a massive online, offline betting racket. ED recovered Rs 12 cr in cash, gold jewellery of Rs 6 cr, 10 kg of silver articles & 4 luxury vehicles.

After ED action, CBI books Anil Ambani in SBI loan fraud case, raids premises linked to him

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FIR is based on a complaint by SBI, which had flagged the account of Reliance Communications as fraudulent. The bank has an exposure of around Rs 3,000 cr in the firm.
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