Lok Sabha Question No. 1539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: Enforcement Directorate Raids
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Ms. Mahua Moitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1539

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY,  FEBRUARY 09, 2026/ MAGHA 20, 1947 (SAKA)

## ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE RAIDS

## 1539.  MS MAHUA MOITRA: DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  raids  carried  out  by  the  Enforcement  Directorate  (ED)  in  the  country since 2014 including the cases against which these raids were carried out, State-wise and year-wise;

(b) the number of ED cases registered between 1 June 2014 and 15 January 2026, under PMLA, year-wise;

(c) the number of arrests, convictions and acquittals registered by the ED in these cases, since 2014, State-wise, year-wise and case-wise; and

(d) the number of cases filed by the ED across the country that are pending or under trial or investigation since 2014, along with the duration for which they have been pending, Statewise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) During the period from 01.04.2014 to 31.12.2025, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted 11,353 searches under the provisions of PMLA, 2002. The State-wise data of  these  searches  is  not  maintained  by  ED.  The  Year-wise  details  of  these  searches conducted by ED is as per Annexure.

(b)  During  the  period  from  01.04.2014  to  31.12.2025,  ED  has  initiated  investigation  in 6508 cases by recording of Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs). The Year-wise details of ECIRs recorded  is as per Annexure.

(c) During the period from 01.04.2014 to 31.12.2025, ED has arrested 1135 persons under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002.

Furthermore, during the period from 01.04.2014 to 31.12.2025, the Special Courts of PMLA have delivered judgments on merits on the issue of Money-Laundering in 58 cases, out of which conviction orders have been passed in 55 cases convicting 123 accused. There are few cases where accused have been acquitted/discharged due to acquittal/discharge in predicate offence case or other reasons without considering/adjudicating the ED case. The Year-wise details of number of persons arrested, number of conviction orders secured and number of accused convicted is as per Annexure. The State-wise data is not maintained.

(d) From 01.04.2014 till 31.12.2025, ED has recorded 6,508 Enforcement Case Information Reports  (ECIRs)  under  the  provisions  of  Prevention  of  Money-Laundering  Act,  2002 (PMLA).  During the same period, in 1,876 cases Prosecution Complaints (PCs) have been filed  before  the  Special  Courts  (PMLA)  praying  for  conviction  of  accused  persons  for money-laundering  offences  and  confiscation  of  proceeds  of  crime  involved.  Further,  in these cases, 589 Supplementary PCs have also been filed before the Special Courts, PMLA. The Year-wise details of number of Prosecution Complaints & Supplementary PCs filed is as per Annexure.

Further, after the amendment in PMLA by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 (No. 23 of 2019) through  insertion  of  proviso  to  Section  44(1)(b)  w.  e.  f.  01.08.2019,  Closure  Report  is required  to  be  filed  by  Directorate  before  the  Special  Court,  PMLA,  in  cases  where  no offence of money-laundering is made out. Since then, Directorate has filed Closure Report before the concerned Special Court in 93 cases where no offence of money-laundering is made out due to various reasons such as Closure of Schedule offence case, cases where the predicate offence Court finds no offence committed related to Schedule Offence defined under PMLA, quashing of Predicate Offence case etc. Prior to the aforesaid amendment (i.e.  before  01.08.2019),  cases  where  no  money-laundering  offence  was  made  out  were closed with the prior approval of regional Special Director of Enforcement. As such, since the inception of PMLA i.e. 01.07.2005 up to 31.07.2019, 1,185 cases were closed.

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## Year-wise details of the cases

| Financial Year                |   Number of Searches conducte d |   Number of ECIRs Recorded |   No. of persons arrested | No. of Prosecution Complaints filed + Supplementa ry PCs filed   |   No. of convictio n orders secured |   No. of accused convicte d |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2014-15                       |                              46 |                        181 |                        17 | 64+4                                                             |                                   0 |                           0 |
| 2015-16                       |                              83 |                        110 |                        31 | 57+11                                                            |                                   0 |                           0 |
| 2016-17                       |                             170 |                        187 |                        29 | 99+11                                                            |                                   2 |                           2 |
| 2017-18                       |                             367 |                        163 |                        40 | 92+19                                                            |                                   2 |                           2 |
| 2018-19                       |                             205 |                        152 |                        26 | 234+59                                                           |                                   4 |                           8 |
| 2019-20                       |                             324 |                        557 |                        37 | 55+28                                                            |                                   4 |                           7 |
| 2020-21                       |                             535 |                        996 |                        79 | 140+39                                                           |                                   1 |                           1 |
| 2021-22                       |                             751 |                       1116 |                       105 | 128+46                                                           |                                   3 |                           4 |
| 2022-23                       |                            1441 |                        953 |                       165 | 172+61                                                           |                                   9 |                          24 |
| 2023-24                       |                            2600 |                        698 |                       272 | 281+100                                                          |                                  13 |                          19 |
| 2024-25                       |                            2317 |                        775 |                       214 | 333+124                                                          |                                   9 |                          38 |
| 2025-26 (till December, 2025) |                            2514 |                        620 |                       120 | 221+87                                                           |                                   8 |                          18 |
| Total                         |                           11353 |                       6508 |                      1135 | 1876+589                                                         |                                  55 |                         123 |

*state-wise data is not maintained.

## Annexure