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

PTI -
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 -
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 -
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

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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 -
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.

ED to register PMLA case to probe assets linked to Vikas Dubey’s family, associates

PTI -
The agency's zonal office in Lucknow has written to the Kanpur police seeking his linked persons and the latest updates in FIRs & chargesheets filed against him.

SC directs transfer of all home buyers’ cases against Amrapali Group to ED

PTI -
Several cases were lodged by home buyers' against the Amrapali Group after the management defaulted in timely delivery of flats and denied the agreed conditions.

All about 3 Gandhi family-linked trusts being probed by govt for ‘financial irregularities’

Fatima Khan -
An inter-ministerial panel headed by ED will look into the working of the 3 foundations for ‘violating money laundering act, Income Tax Act and foreign contribution act’.

Home ministry sets up panel to coordinate probe against 3 trusts linked to Gandhi family

PTI -
A special director in ED will head the team to probe alleged violation by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust & Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.

ED raids suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s premises in connection with Delhi riots

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The Enforcement Directorate, in March, had booked Hussain, Islamist group PFI and others on charges of money laundering and alleged funding of the riots.
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