From left, Enforcement Directorate Special Director Manu Tentiwal, ED Director Rahul Navin, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Revenue Secretary Arvind Shrivastava, and Additional Solicitor General of India Suryaprakash V Raju during the celebration of Enforcement Directorate Day commemorating 70 years of the organisation, in New Delhi, on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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Arrests effected by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering cases have reduced by about 27% during the last financial year, but the value of attached assets recorded an all-time high at over 81,000 crore for the period, official data stated.
Searches or raids conducted by the central agency under the stringent provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) almost doubled to 2,892 during the 2025-26 fiscal that ended on March 31.
Published – May 02, 2026 05:31 pm IST
