Enforcement Directorate's Achievements and Initiatives

Asset Attachment and Provisional Attachments

• Assets Attached: Over ₹81,000 crore in FY26, marking a 170% increase from the previous year.
• Total Provisional Attachments: ₹2.36 trillion.

Confiscation and Restitution

• Amendment of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in 2019 allows for non-conviction-based confiscation (NCBC).
• Restitution: ₹63,142 crore returned to victims, including banks, investors, and homebuyers.
• Significant actions include facilitating the release of properties to over 200 homebuyers in a Udaipur real estate case and the restitution of ₹15,581 crore to PACL Limited investors.

Prosecution and Conviction

• 812 prosecution complaints filed, including 155 supplementary complaints under PMLA in the last year.
• Conviction Rate: 94% with over 2,400 pending cases expected mostly to lead to convictions.

Fugitive Economic Offenders

• 54 proceedings initiated, with 21 declared as Fugitive Economic Offenders.
• Properties Confiscated: Worth ₹2,178 crore.

Shifts in Criminal Landscape and Institutional Measures

• Transition from bank frauds and corporate scams to cryptocurrency fraud, cyber-enabled financial crimes, terror financing, and narcotics trafficking.
• Introduction of a QR code-based system for verifying summons to prevent misuse.
• Efforts to conclude all legacy cases under the repealed Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).
• Focus on reducing the pendency of FEMA adjudication in collaboration with the RBI.

International Engagements

• India chairs the Steering Group of ARIN-AP and will host its Annual General Meeting in 2026.
• Preparation to host the GlobE Plenary in 2028.
• The Enforcement Directorate will serve as the focal point for the BRICS asset recovery network during India's chairmanship in 2026.