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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.

Owning Dawood-linked properties, money laundering — what ED charges against Nawab Malik are

Manasi Phadke -
ED arrested Malik Wednesday after nearly 8 hours of questioning him at the agency’s Mumbai office. The court has granted the agency Malik’s custody till 3 March.

Washington Post shows support for Rana Ayyub, calls her ‘target of prejudiced investigations’

Anupriya Chatterjee -
Full page support statement issued Sunday comes after Enforcement Directorate attached attached funds worth Rs 1.77 crore in Ayyub's name, in alleged money laundering case.

ED files fresh chargesheet in money laundering case against Unitech group & its promoters

PTI -
Sanjay Chandra, Ajay Chandra, Ramesh Chandra, Preeti Chandra, Rajesh Malik & 66 other companies have been arrayed as accused in the chargesheet, according to Enforcement Directorate.

ED raids residence of Dawood Ibrahim’s sister in connection with money laundering

ANI -
Searches are being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate at several places linked to the people associated with the underworld in Mumbai, informed sources Tuesday.

ED attaches Rs 1.77 cr aid raised by Rana Ayyub, she says claims won’t withstand fair scrutiny

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Agency alleges the journalist transferred money raised for charity into the accounts of her sister and father. She denies allegations, saying all funds are accounted for.

Ex-ED officer Rajeshwar Singh: How ‘master networker, sleuth’, once a suspect, got BJP ticket

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Rajeshwar Singh is contesting the UP polls, but not so long ago, he was investigating high-profile cases, and even faced some serious allegations himself.

ED attaches Rs 1.77 crore of journalist Rana Ayyub’s funds in ‘money laundering’ case

PTI -
Ayyub is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate based on an FIR filed by the Ghaziabad police in September last year for 'misusing' funds raised for relief.

ED arrests Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew in illegal sand mining case

PTI -
The investigation agency said Bhupinder Singh Honey, son of Channi’s sister-in-law, was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act Thursday night.

As ED seizes Rs 10 crore, Channi says raids on nephew ‘vendetta’ for Modi security breach

Chitleen K Sethi -
ED says it has seized Rs 10 crore from Channi’s nephew Bhupinder ‘Honey’ Singh and associates in raids related to an illegal sand mining case dating back to 2018.

‘Your bad days are coming… I curse you’: Livid Jaya Bachchan lashes out at govt in Rajya Sabha

Shanker Arnimesh -
In discussion on NDPS (Amendment) Bill, SP MP Jaya Bachchan loses cool over ‘nasty remark’ made by a member, on the day daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai was questioned by ED.
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