Directorate of Enforcement

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The Directorate of Enforcement is a specialized law enforcement and economic intelligence agency of the Government of India responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations related to foreign exchange and money laundering laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Directorate of Enforcement canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic intelligence agency ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
law enforcement agency ⓘ
abbreviation ED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enforcement Directorate ⓘ
canPerform arrest of accused persons under PMLA ⓘ
provisional attachment of properties ⓘ
search and seizure operations ⓘ
country India ⓘ
employs Indian Police Service officers ⓘ
Indian Revenue Service officers ⓘ
officers from other central services ⓘ
focusArea cross-border financial crimes ⓘ
hawala and illegal remittances ⓘ
trade-based money laundering ⓘ
formedFor combating money laundering ⓘ
curbing foreign exchange violations ⓘ
protecting the integrity of the financial system ⓘ
hasDivision Headquarters at New Delhi ⓘ
zonal offices in major Indian cities ⓘ
headquartersCountry India ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalMandate Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 ⓘ
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 ⓘ
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ⓘ
certain provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 ⓘ
operatesWithin territory of India ⓘ
parentOrganization Department of Revenue ⓘ
Ministry of Finance (India) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Finance
primaryFunction attachment and confiscation of proceeds of crime ⓘ
collection of economic intelligence ⓘ
enforcement of foreign exchange laws ⓘ
investigation of money laundering offences ⓘ
reportsTo Government of India ⓘ
responsibleFor attachment of properties involved in money laundering ⓘ
execution of search and seizure in economic offence cases ⓘ
investigation of fugitive economic offenders ⓘ
investigation of offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ⓘ
investigation of violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act ⓘ
prosecution of money laundering cases ⓘ
sector anti-money laundering ⓘ
economic offences ⓘ
financial crimes ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Revenue Secretary of India ⓘ
typeOfAgency federal law enforcement agency ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 → enforcedBy → Directorate of Enforcement ⓘ
Indian intelligence agencies → hasPart → Directorate of Enforcement ⓘ
FEMA 1999 → enforcementAuthority → Directorate of Enforcement ⓘ