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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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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.

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ED widens net in probe against Anil Ambani & co, influencer in ‘touch’ with key official under lens held

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Sandeepa Virk has been arrested on charges of engaging in illicit liaison work with Angarai Natarajan Sethuraman of Reliance Group, which is facing a money laundering probe.

NIA arrests 2 more in ‘donkey route’ probe as Karnal immigration agents surface in ED investigation too

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‘Confidential info, Rs 100 crore profit’—ED’s case against Axis Mutual Fund ex-dealer Viresh Joshi

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Joshi’s lawyer Manan Sanghai said arrest 'nothing but high-handedness by ED', adding that I-T dept has frozen alleged proceeds of crime & there was no need for custodial interrogation.

Two separate Supreme Court benches remark on ED’s functioning— ‘can’t act like a crook’

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New Delhi: Two separate benches of the Supreme Court Thursday remarked on the functioning of Enforcement Directorate (ED), the anti-money laundering agency that has...

ED attaches Rs 29,176 from bank account used to receive ISIS funds for 2022 Mangaluru IED blast

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The account came under the ED lens after the Karnataka police booked a Shivamogga resident for orchestrating an IED blast near Kankanady railway station in Mangaluru.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

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As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.
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