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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.

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ED seals Young Indian office in Congress-owned National Herald building amid fraud probe

PTI -
The temporary seal has been put in order to 'preserve the evidence' which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids Tuesday, officials said.

‘We want our homes, not politics’, say displaced families of Mumbai’s ‘scam-hit’ Patra Chawl

Purva Chitnis -
14 yrs on, 672 tenants still wait for flats that were promised to them. The ED, which is probing alleged irregularities in redevelopment project, arrested Sena's Sanjay Raut Sunday.

ED raids Congress-owned National Herald’s Delhi assets in alleged money-laundering case

PTI -
Searches were carried out in a dozen locations in the city to 'gather additional evidence with regard to the trail of funds'.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut sent to 4-day custody in Mumbai chawl redevelopment case

ThePrint Team -
Party chief Uddhav Thackeray said he was proud of Sanjay Raut; ‘jhukega nahin,’ the Sena boss said of his loyalist.

Mamata Banerjee plans Cabinet reshuffle after Partha Chatterjee’s arrest in recruitment scam

ThePrint Team -
The Bengal chief minister had taken over senior minister Chatterjee’s many departments, but will now bring in fresh faces to handle the work.

Winsome Diamonds case — why a UK court passed ‘worldwide freezing order’ against Indian merchant

Ananya Bhardwaj -
London court issued the order against fugitive diamond merchant Jatin Mehta & family, being investigated for allegedly defrauding consortium of banks, at 'ex-parte' hearing, says lawyer.

Chinese giants committing fraud in India? Why Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Huawei are under fire

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Smartphone leaders like Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, and Huawei, besides smaller fintech players, are under the scanner of various central agencies for a laundry list of alleged offences.

What’s the Patra Chawl redevelopment case that’s got Sena MP Sanjay Raut in ED’s crosshairs

Purva Chitnis -
Agency claims Raut’s associates linked to alleged irregularities in Goregaon redevelopment project, and that properties linked to MP’s wife were bought with the criminal proceeds.

Sitharaman illness an ‘excuse’ — Urdu press says govt stalling inflation, GST debates in House

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.
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