ED to attach Amnesty International properties worth Rs 17.66 crore
ED found that Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and others had obtained foreign remittances to the tune of Rs 51.72 crore in the guise export of services and FDI from Amnesty International (UK)
Dipak Mondal | February 16, 2021 | Updated 23:40 IST
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued provisional attachment order to attach movable properties of Amnesty International India worth Rs 17.66 Crores. The attachment order, issued under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), is for attaching bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT) as both the entities have allegedly acquired the proceeds of crime and layered the same in the form of various movable properties.
After FCRA licence cancellation, they adopted another route to receive money: ED
The Enforcement Directorate has attached ₹17.66 crore kept in the bank accounts of the Amnesty International India Private Limited (AIIPL) and the Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT) in connection with a money-laundering case.
The ED probe is based on an FIR registered by the CBI against the AIIPL, the IAIT, the Amnesty International India Foundation Trust (AIIFT) and the Amnesty International South Asia Foundation (AISAF), under various provisions of the IPC and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
According to the agency, the AIIFT had been granted permission under the Act during 2011-12 for receiving foreign contributions from the Amnesty International-United Kingdom. However, it was cancelled on the basis of adverse inputs received from security agencies.