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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.

ED summons actor Yami Gautam over alleged contravention of foreign exchange law

PTI -
The case against the 32-year-old actor pertains to transactions of about Rs 1.5 crore deposited in a bank account.

Anil Deshmukh skips ED appearance in PMLA case, requests for virtual interaction

PTI -
Deshmukh submitted a letter to the agency in compliance with the summons. He also requested a copy of the Enforcement Case Information Report from the ED.

Anil Deshmukh received over Rs 4 cr from bar owners, channeled money to his trust, says ED

PTI -
The ED's claims are related to money laundering in an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to Deshmukh's resignation as Maharashtra Home Minister in April.

SBI-led consortium receives over Rs 5,800 crore in Vijay Mallya loan default case: ED

PTI -
ED had earlier transferred Mallya-owned UBL shares worth about Rs 6,624 crore to the SBI-led consortium on directions of a special PMLA court that is hearing his case in Mumbai.

ED attaches over Rs 365 crore assets in Adarsh cooperative society fraud case in Rajasthan

PTI -
The case pertains to ED taking cognisance of FIR against the Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society Limited (ACCSL) and its promoters for duping about 20 lakh people in Rajasthan.

ED raids Anil Deshmukh’s premises in Nagpur, Mumbai in money laundering case

PTI -
The raids were carried out under provisions of PMLA following ED's registration of a criminal case against former Maharashtra home minister Deshmukh last month.

ED attaches helicopter, 100 Mumbai land parcels worth Rs 81 cr in PMLA case against Unitech

PTI -
The Enforcement Directorate had previously filed a case against Unitech over allegations that its owners illegally diverted over Rs 2,000 crore to Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.

40% of over Rs 22,000 crore ‘defrauded’ by Mallya, Nirav Modi, Choksi recovered: ED

PTI -
According to the Enforcement Directorate, after the sale of attached shares worth over Rs 5,800 crore Wednesday, the total value of recovery has reached Rs 9,041.5 crore.

ED arrests RJD MP Amarendra Dhari Singh in money laundering case linked to fertiliser scam

PTI -
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested RJD Rajya Sabha MP Amarendra Dhari Singh in connection with a money laundering case probe linked...

Kerala High Court quashes 2 FIRs against ED officials in gold smuggling case

PTI -
The court held that police should have approached the Special PMLA Court, which is looking over cases related to the money trail in the gold smuggling.
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