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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.

‘Pressure from Vijayan govt, fake cases’— why ED wants SC to shift gold scam case out of Kerala

Bhadra Sinha -
Enforcement Directorate has moved Supreme Court to transfer gold scam trial to Karnataka. Key accused have levelled allegations against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, top officials.

ED arrests ex-Mumbai Police chief Sanjay Pandey in NSE phone tapping case

PTI -
The retired 1986-batch IPS officer was taken into custody by the federal probe agency after more than seven hours of questioning in the case.

Summoning Sonia Gandhi to ED will raise public sympathy. BJP knows it, wants it

+TFP Zainab Sikander -
Modi’s BJP would much rather have Congress as the main opponent than fight regional leaders who are more street-smart and politically nimble.

2 meetings, video calls, gifts — inside story of actor Jacqueline & ‘conman’ Sukesh ‘love affair’

+TFP Ananya Bhardwaj -
Sukesh Chandrashekhar allegedly got in touch with actor Jacqueline Fernandez from inside Tihar Jail in 2021 through a go-between to begin seven-month 'love affair'.

ED gets remand of Chitra Ramkrishna till 22 July in NSE phone tapping case

ANI -
Ramkrishna, former MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange, has been accused of money laundering connected with alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of employees of the stock exchange.

ED asks Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on 21 July for questioning in National Herald case

PTI -
The probe relates to alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

It is an ‘ED’ govt in Maharashtra – the Eknath-Devendra govt, says Fadnavis after trust vote

ThePrint Team -
The new alliance of the BJP and the breakaway Shiv Sena faction proved its majority in the assembly on Monday and is set to rule till October 2024.

ED says no to more time, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut to appear before probe agency Friday

ANI -
Raut is being investigated in a money-laundering case; he missed the summons for last Monday due to the political crisis in his party.

ED issues fresh summons to Sanjay Raut in ‘money laundering’ case linked to Mumbai chawl

PTI -
Rajya Sabha MP Raut was issued the first summons for Tuesday but he sought more time. He has been issued another summons asking him to appear before the ED on 1 July.

How much rent earned on AJL assets? How was it spent? What ED asked Rahul Gandhi

Ananya Bhardwaj -
There are allegations of cheating & conspiracy in acquisition of 'National Herald' publisher Associated Journals Limited by Young Indian — company in which Gandhis 'have majority stake'.
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