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.

ED files chargesheet against Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin, 11 others in terror funding case

PTI - August 25, 2020

The agency said the chargesheet is also related to blasts carried out by the terror group in J&K in 2011 in alleged connivance with the Pakistan govt and its spying arm ISI.

Day after Visva-Bharati violence, ED to probe source of money used for ‘mob mobilisation’

Madhuparna Das - August 18, 2020

Enforcement Directorate has written to university V-C, Birbhum administration and Bengal DGP, asking for copies of all FIRs lodged in connection with the vandalism.

ED books Chinese national for running Rs 1,000-crore hawala racket days after IT raid

PTI - August 17, 2020

The ED has pressed charges under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against 42-year-old Charlie Peng, alias Luo Sang, the alleged kingpin of the racket.

ED questions Sushant Singh Rajput’s roommate Siddharth Pithani & manager Shruti Modi

PTI - August 11, 2020

Pithani and Modi were questioned in relation to a money laundering case linked to Rajput's death and their statements were also recorded by the ED under PMLA Monday.

Rhea Chakraborty asks ED to defer recording statement till plea in Supreme Court is heard

PTI - August 7, 2020

Rhea Chakraborty had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking for the FIR by Bihar police against her in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, to be transferred to the Mumbai police.

ED summons Rhea Chakraborty in money laundering case linked to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death

PTI - August 5, 2020

Actor Rhea Chakraborty, who will be questioned on 7 August, was summoned by the ED on the basis of a Bihar Police FIR filed by Sushant Singh Rajput's father.

ED files money laundering case in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput death

PTI - July 31, 2020

The central probe agency has taken cognisance of a Bihar Police FIR registered against Rhea Chakraborty and others to slap criminal charges under the PMLA.

ED seeks Bihar Police’s FIR against Rhea Chakraborty to probe money laundering angle

PTI - July 30, 2020

The ED's interest, officials said, is into the allegations of alleged mishandling of Rajput's money and his bank accounts.

Enforcement Directorate files money laundering complaint in Kerala gold smuggling case

PTI - July 22, 2020

On 5 July, gold worth Rs 15 crore was seized by the Customs department at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, that had arrived in a 'diplomatic baggage' from the Gulf.

ED raids Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s brother in connection with fertiliser scam

PTI - July 22, 2020

The raids were conducted at the premises of Agrasen Gehlot in Jodhpur, who is facing a Rs 7-crore Customs penalty for alleged money laundering in the case.

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