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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.

Another closure report in 2010 CWG ‘scam’. Here’s what happened to the 19 FIRs filed since 2010

Apoorva Mandhani -
Special court this week accepted ED's closure report in money laundering case against Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee.

ED director concedes PMLA cases piling up for yrs, weeks after CBI chief made similar admission

Mayank Kumar -
Rahul Navin's statement comes a month after CBI boss Praveen Sood said that agency should not take pride in only registration of cases when it has been faulted for delays & pendency.

15 years after CWG ‘scam’, why a Delhi court accepted ED’s closure report against Suresh Kalmadi

Apoorva Mandhani -
As original CBI case was closed in 2016, ED noted that no 'scheduled offence' was committed by the accused. Money laundering probe fell flat as predicate offence was absent.

Delhi Court accepts ED closure report in CWG 2010 case. Congress says Modi, Kejriwal must apologise

Mayank Kumar -
ED's closure report is based on CBI's closure report in 2014 in one of the cases linked to corruption by then chairman of the organising committee Suresh Kalmadi & others.

Jailed IAS Hans took Rs 1 cr to settle consumer case when he was pvt secy to Ram Vilas—ED charge sheet

Mayank Kumar -
IAS officer Sanjeev Hans's lawyer has called the ED's investigation 'a web of falsehood riddled with ulterior motives, woven from a frivolous and fabricated complaint'.

Major fire breaks out at ED office in Mumbai early Sunday morning

PTI -
At 3.30 am the fire was upgraded to Level-II, which is generally considered a major fire but civic officials stated no one was injured.

ED probe turns quicksand for FIITJEE. Agency says it duped 14,000 students to tune of Rs 250 cr

Mayank Kumar -
Earlier this week, ED searched FIITJEE’s registered premises, as well as other locations in Noida, Gurugram, and Delhi linked to the coaching institute.

ED raids 8 locations in Delhi-NCR in money laundering case against coaching centre FIITJEE

PTI -
Parents alleged that the institute shut centers without any notice despite them making advance payments for the entire year, leaving 12,000 students' future in limbo, officials said.

EaseMyTrip, Gensol under ED lens for ‘laundering’ Mahadev betting funds into India ‘disguised as FPI’

Mayank Kumar -
The agency is set to summon promoters of the 2 firms, which are among a list of firms allegedly approached by Mahadev app to channel 'proceeds of crime'.

ED summons Telugu actor Mahesh Babu in money laundering case

PTI -
ED is probing Rs 5.9 cr paid to actor Babu by Sai Surya Developers in a realty scam. He’s not an accused; may have endorsed projects unaware of alleged fraud, officials said.
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