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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.

‘Ties to liquor barons, exorbitant profits’ — ED summons Kejriwal again in ‘excise policy scam’ probe

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was earlier summoned by ED on 2 November but chose to skip. CBI is conducting parallel probe into Delhi govt’s now-withdrawn liquor policy.

SC extends AAP leader Satyendar Jain’s interim bail till 8 January in money laundering case

PTI -
ED arrested Jain 30 May last year through 4 firms allegedly linked to him. He was arrested on the basis of CBI FIR lodged against him in 2017 under Prevention of Corruption Act.

Dubai police arrests Mahadev betting app co-owner Ravi Uppal, ED ‘starts extradition process’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
ED officer says search on also for partner Sourabh Chandrakar, and that 'everyone knows he too is in Dubai', adds the two men 'had been running their operations from Dubai'.

Owner of Mahadev online betting app Ravi Uppal detained in Dubai based on Red Notice

PTI -
Uppal is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal betting, apart from the Chhattisgarh Police and Mumbai Police.

ED meets its match, as ‘Bachcha’ encroaches plot seized in 2016 Bihar topper scam case

Dipak Mishra -
Construction stopped & action taken, say police. Enforcement Directorate confiscated plot in 2018 under PMLA, complained to district authorities about illegal excavation last year too.

ED charge sheet in Vivo case says ‘web of companies’ diverted Rs 1 lakh crore to China

Ananya Bhardwaj -
ED Thursday filed charge sheet in money-laundering probe against Vivo. Allegations against firm include visa fraud. Vivo has maintained that it is ‘cooperating’ with probe.

ED files first charge sheet against Chinese smartphone maker vivo, others

PTI -
ED raided vivo-India and its linked persons in July last year, claiming to have busted a major money laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and multiple Indian companies.

ED conducts search ops in 6 locations in Andhra & Telangana in Kisan Credit Card loan case

ANI -
The investigations comes after FIR was filed by CBI and Anti-Corruption Bureau alleging large-scale fraud in the processing and sanctioning of short-term loans (KCC) to fish farmers.

ED files chargesheet against AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Delhi excise policy case

PTI -
The anti-money laundering agency had alleged that an accused businessman, Dinesh Arora, gave Rs 2 crore in cash to the Rajya Sabha MP at his residence in two tranches.

Tamil Nadu anti-corruption agency arrests ED officer for ‘Rs 20 lakh bribe to quash case’

Akshaya Nath -
Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, acting on a doctor's complaint, intercepted ED officer Ankit Tiwari’s car on a highway and 'found the bribe money'.
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