The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government Of India. It is composed of officers from the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Corporate Law Service, Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service. The origin of this Directorate goes back to 1 May 1956, when an ‘Enforcement Unit’ was formed, in Department of Economic Affairs, for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. In the year 1957, this Unit was renamed as ‘Enforcement Directorate’.
The Iqbal Mirchi smuggling and drug network is still thriving with his sons, Asif and Junaid Memon, running the show based out of Dubai and UK, according to investigation conducted by the Enforcement.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday sent a note to the ministry of home affairs alleging that there is a direct link between the ongoing anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh and.. IndiaTimes - Published
C C Thampi, a Dubai-based NRI businessman, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate during the weekend in a money laundering case against Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert.. IndiaTimes - Published
Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday for questioning in the INX Media money-laundering case, officials said. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that he used Google map to identify properties for purchase after one of his associates from Bikaner,.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea to set aside the bail granted to businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, in a money.. IndiaTimes - Published
It was a hyperactive year for Enforcement Directorate in 2019 when the agency had in its custody some of the most high profile persons like former finance minister P Chidambaram, former Karnataka.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate has told the court that Vadra, who is scheduled to fly today, approached Court in the last minute leaving inadequate time for the ED to verify details. DNA - Published
Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday after SC granted him bail in the money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The court has barred him.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday quizzed former Haryana chief minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda in connection with an alleged money laundering case pertaining to the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The National Economic Offence Records is being prepared by the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), an arm of the finance ministry. All other agencies, including CBI, Customs, Enforcement.. IndiaTimes - Published
With former finance minister P Chidambaram daring the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to produce even one piece of evidence linking him to the INX Media case, the agency on Thursday filed a probe report.. IndiaTimes - Published
Pleading for bail, former finance minister P Chidambaram told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he is not a hardened criminal who should not be allowed to get out of jail and accused the Enforcement.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram till December 11 in connection with the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement.. IndiaTimes - Published
Accusing the BJP-led government at the Centre of "misusing" central agencies to pressurize politicians, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday said it was the Enforcement Directorate that had.. IndiaTimes - Published
Both Mumbai Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are are probing allegations pertaining to loans sanctioned by MSC Bank and investigating the actions of more than 70 politicians— 50 from the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chidambaram was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the Supreme Court on October 22. The senior Congress.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Delhi high court had on Friday dismissed Chidambaram's bail plea in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), saying prima facie allegations against him are serious in nature and he.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Delhi high court on Friday denied bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case and said his role appeared to be "active and key" and the allegations against.. IndiaTimes - Published
The raid comes a year after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had carried out investigations into charges that the rights group had tried to bypass the FCRA by floating a commercial entity, Amnesty.. DNA - Published
Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's son Abir and a firm linked to him have come on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged violations of forex regulations, officials said on Tuesday. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday vehemently opposed the bail plea of former Union minister P Chidambaram, who is in jail in the INX Media money-laundering case, saying he has tried to influence.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court on Saturday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case, in Tihar prison. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate moved the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Delhi high court decision granting bail to Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in a money laundering case. IndiaTimes - Published
"Quiet patriotism will defeat muscular nationalism," he said while he was coming out from a special CBI court when he was asked about the Maharashtra and Haryana poll election results that came out.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court on Thursday sent former finance minister P Chidambaram to custodial interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate till October 30 in the INX Media money laundering case. Special judge Ajay.. IndiaTimes - Published
His statement comes days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Humayun Merchant, a close aide of late gangster Iqbal Mirchi and seized his property in connection with an alleged.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Delhi high court on Thursday sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea of senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX media.. IndiaTimes - Published
Justice Anu Malhotra asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate to file their replies within two weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on November 13. Michel, who.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Enforcement Directorate (ED) arresting is mala fide and had been done with the intention to harm the reputation of the petitioner," Chidambaram's counsel claimed. DNA - Published
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Neeraj Singal, former promoter of Bhushan Steel. ED will ask Neeraj about Rs 20 crore allegedly transferred from one of his companies to narcotics smuggler.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to P Chidmabaram in the INX media case. However, Chidambaram will not be a free man as the Enforcement Directorate has taken him into custody for alleged.. IndiaTimes - Published
Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, led a lavish lifestyle and spent over $1.1 million in a single night at a US nightclub, says the chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in.. IndiaTimes - Published
The investigation into the Rose Valley Ponzi firm money trail deepened on Friday with the Enforcement Directorate questioning IRS officer Neeraj Singh and Venky Mysore, CEO/MD of IPL team Kolkata.. IndiaTimes - Published
Enforcement Directorate's investigation into Praful Patel's real estate dealings with Iqbal Mirchi's family took a serious turn on Friday with the probe agency confronting him with documents which.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court on Thursday sent former finance minister P Chidambaram for custodial interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate till October 24 in the INX Media money laundering case. Special judge.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress does not need a certificate of patriotism from anyone, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday, pointing out that it voted in favour of the abrogation of Article 370, but.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a chargesheet before a Delhi court against Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath in a money laundering case related to a bank loan.. IndiaTimes - Published
Probing the money laundering case against Praful Patel and family members of Dawood aide Iqbal Memon 'Mirchi', Enforcement Directorate has tracked details of transactions of at least a dozen shell.. IndiaTimes - Published
After 55 days of CBI and judicial custody, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former finance minister P Chidambaram for custodial interrogation in the INX Media money laundering.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case after questioning him in Tihar Jail. A three-member ED team grilled the former Union finance.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier, a three-member ED team arrived at Tihar jail to interrogate P Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media money laundering case, before taking a final call on his arrest. DNA - Published
A special court on Tuesday granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to visit Tihar Jail and interrogate former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case... IndiaTimes - Published
The ED will first interrogate Chidambaram and if after interrogation the agency finds that grounds to arrest under PMLA are made out, the former Finance Minister may be arrested on Wednesday itself. DNA - Published
They said Patel, a former Union minister in the UPA regime, has been asked to depose in Mumbai on October 18. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to record Patel's statement under the.. IndiaTimes - Published
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