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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.

ED attaches Rs 255-crore assests for alleged agri loan fraud, duping farmers in Maharashtra

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Assets of Gangakhed Sugar & Energy Limited and Yogeswari Hatcheries and Gangakhed Solar Power Limited were provisionally attached under PMLA.

ED and I-T heat on farmer leaders, arhtiyas and ‘singers & actors supporting the agitation’

Chitleen K Sethi -
Farmers warn that there will be no resolution to the crisis if the Modi government ‘targets' their supporters. BJP dismisses allegations of vendetta.

ED attaches Bengaluru firm properties worth over Rs 8 crore in multi-crore ponzi case

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The ED case stems from a chargesheet filed against Ajmera Groups and its promoters for 'illegally' collecting funds from 1,148 depositors and 'failing' to return Rs 29.17 crore.

ED arrests cryptocurrency trader in Rs 1,100 cr Chinese online betting scam

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The ED said it conducted raids at the registered offices of some companies who were illegally running online betting apps on websites which are hosted from outside India.

ED raids 26 locations in 9 states linked to Popular Front of India in money laundering case

PTI -
The ED is investigating PFI's 'financial links' on alleged charges of fuelling the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests and the Delhi riots.

SIT recommends ED probe into gangster Vikas Dubey’s property worth Rs 150 crore

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The 3-member SIT, set up by the UP govt, also recommended action against 90 police officials for their alleged involvement in helping gangster Vikas Dubey build his empire.

Pratap Sarnaik — crorepati Shiv Sena MLA raided by ED was once an autorickshaw driver 

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Shiv Sena has alleged that ED raids against Sarnaik are ‘political vendetta’ by the BJP, with those close to him saying he is a businessman-turned-politician unlike most.

ED raids Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik’s premises in connection with money laundering case

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Officials said the searches are being conducted by the agency at 10 locations linked to Sarnaik in Thane and Mumbai under the PMLA.

ED raids 7 locations in Kashmir over J&K bank money laundering case

PTI -
The ED said the searches resulted in the recovery of evidence of money laundering as the bank accounts have been found to be used for routing suspicious transactions.

ED files money laundering case in ‘fake TRP scam’ probed by Mumbai Police

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The ED complaint was filed after studying a Mumbai police FIR that was registered in October, naming Republic TV, two Marathi channels and others.
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