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ED announced that it has attached assets over Rs 17 crore in a money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International (India).
The case is based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR filed against global human rights watchdog.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate announced that it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with a money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International (India) on Tuesday.
To this effect the central probe agency released a statement saying that a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT).
Updated Feb 17, 2021 | 07:33 IST
The Enforcement Directorate attached bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT). Enforcement Directorate
New Delhi: In a big set back to Amnesty International (India), the Enforcement Directorate attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two entities of the global human rights watchdog.
The central probe agency said that the order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) attaching bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT) .
Justifying its action against the two groups of Amnesty International (India), the ED said, both the entities have acquired the proceeds of crime and layered the same in the form of various movable properties. The order involves attachment of movable properties worth of Rs 17.66 crore bei
ED Attaches Over Rs 17-Crore Bank Deposits of Amnesty International India
The ED has claimed that upon cancellation of their FCRA licence by the Union government, Amnesty International India entities started receiving money from abroad in the guise of export of services and FDI.
Amnesty International India s office at Bengaluru. Photo: Twitter/@ANI
Government17/Feb/2021
New Delhi:Â The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International (India), the global human rights watchdog.
The agency said in a statement that a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act âattaching bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT)”.
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.
India News: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two e