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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 attaches assets worth Rs 4.20 crore of Anil Deshmukh, family in money laundering case

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The NCP leader has skipped at least three ED summonses for questioning in this case. His son Hrishikesh and wife too refused to depose despite being summoned by the federal agency.

ED summons ex-Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh for questioning in money laundering case

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The summons has been issued in a case related to Singh's allegation of a Rs 100 crore bribery racket in Mumbai police that involves former state home minister Anil Deshmukh.

‘Political conspiracy to target me’ — NCP’s Eknath Khadse on Pune land deal probe

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While appearing before the ED, Khadse alleged that the inquiry against him was started because he quit the BJP to join NCP. His son-in-law was arrested by the agency Wednesday.

Delhi HC grants interim protection to NewsClick founder, editor in foreign funding case

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Newsclick Studio is accused of receiving Foreign Direct Investment of Rs 9.59 crore from Worldwide Media Holdings LLC USA during the financial year 2018-19.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s mother summoned by ED for questioning in money laundering case

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The notice came hours after Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decided not to meet the Delimitation Commission as the body lacks 'constitutional and legal mandate'.

ED arrests Delhi based freelance journalist in connection with money laundering probe

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The agency said its probe found journalist Rajiv Sharma had supplied confidential and sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers in exchange for remuneration.

ED conducts searches in Delhi, UP in alleged religious conversion and money laundering case

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ED on Saturday conducted raids in a recent case of alleged conversion of deaf students and poor people to Islam in UP with purported funding from abroad, official sources said.

Fresh ED summons for ex Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case

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In his last communication to the agency, Deshmukh had cited his "vulnerability" to Covid-19 as the reason for skipping two earlier summons.

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

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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

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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.
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