The review comes at a time when multiple cases involving alleged money laundering, financial fraud, illegal foreign exchange transactions and proceeds of crime are at crucial stages, either under active investigation or pending before special courts under the Prevention of Money Launderin
In a significant ruling balancing stringent anti-money-laundering provisions with constitutional safeguards, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail to businessman Bhupesh Arora, observing that continued custody without a clear financial trail directly linking him to the alleged proceed
The action has been taken under Section 68-F of the NDPS Act, after due legal process, as the properties were established as proceeds of crime acquired through illicit drug trafficking activities and found to be directly linked with drug peddling operations.
The attached properties belong to Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, Prasanna Kumar Roy, the main middleman, and others. The attached properties comprise multiple residential apartments, villas, and land parcels located at Rajarhat, New Town, Patharghata, Garagari, and other adjoi
Both had acquired these properties in the names of their relatives from the Proceeds of Crime generated from the commission of a scheduled offence, said the ED in a statement.
According to a press release issued by the IGI Airport Police, the action marked a significant shift in investigation strategy, with a strong focus on financial probes to trace proceeds of crime. For the first time, police initiated detailed financial investigations against agents suspect
ED's Jalandhar zonal office attached these properties derived out or equivalent to the Proceeds of Crime generated by various agents namely Shubham Sharma, Jagjit Singh and Surmukh Singh, who were involved in sending persons to USA illegally through the 'dunky' route.
The order passed by Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan at her camp office shortly after midnight records that Siddiqui was arrested late on November 18 following compliance with Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and that ED sought custodial inter
ARIN-AP focuses on tracing, freezing, and confiscating proceeds of crime, aligning with India's G20 priorities. The network comprises 28 member jurisdictions and nine observers, facilitating cross-border cooperation.
"Chaitanya allegedly routed the illicit funds through his real estate firms and used them in the development of a real estate project. The funds were laundered through cash payments to contractors and through falsified banking entries," ED said in its statement.
According to the ED, it initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR filed against two Vijaya Bank officials and Syed Siraj Ahmed, a First Division Assistant with the Waqf Board.
Vij, the mastermind in the conversion of proceeds of crime into forex (foreign exchange), was arrested on June 30 and has been accorded five-day ED custody by a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in New Delhi.