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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.

Mumbai court allows return of Nirav Modi’s confiscated assets worth Rs 440 crore to PNB

PTI -
The bank in July had filed multiple applications seeking the release of properties mortgaged with PNB against credit facilities extended to two of Nirav Modi's firms.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother appears before ED in money laundering case

PTI -
The criminal case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is linked to the recovery of at least two diaries by the ED after raids on an alleged associate of Mehbooba.

ED issues fresh summons to ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in money laundering probe

PTI -
The summons were issued in connection with the criminal case registered under the PMLA related to Rs 100 crore bribery-cum-extortion racket in Maharashtra police establishment.

Criminal cases against MPs & MLAs cannot be withdrawn without HC nod, rules Supreme Court

Bhadra Sinha -
Three-judge bench led by CJI Ramana issues directions after amicus curiae cite instances of proposals to withdraw cases against MLAs belonging to that state's ruling party.

ED summons former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s mother in money laundering case

PTI -
The mother of PDP chief, Gulshan Nazir, who is in her late 70s, has been asked to appear in ED's Srinagar office on 18 August. She had been summoned by ED on earlier occasions also.

ED slaps Rs 10,600-crore notice to Flipkart, its founder over alleged forex violations

PTI -
The show cause notice was issued to 10 people including Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal. Flipkart said it's in compliance with Indian laws, including FDI regulations.

ED attaches London hotel worth Rs 58.61 cr in money laundering case against Unitech group

PTI -
The agency claimed that 'tainted funds' of Rs 325 crore belonging to homebuyers were diverted to Carnoustie group, whose UK-based associate firm owns the hotel.

ED probes crypto exchange Binance in betting app laundering case

Shruti Srivastava -
Binance has been facing regulatory crackdown as nations intensify scrutiny of crypto industry amid concerns that it is being used to conceal proceeds of money laundering & terrorism.

ED arrests Ambience group promoter Raj Singh Gehlot in Rs 800 crore bank loan fraud case

PTI -
The case against Gehlot is based on a 2019 FIR by Jammu's anti-corruption bureau for alleged money laundering in the construction of 5-star Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in Delhi.

ED conducts searches at premises of Videocon group, promoters in money laundering case

PTI -
The probe is linked to alleged siphoning of bank loan funds in connection with the financing of the oil and gas assets of the business house in Mozambique, official sources said.
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