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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
RAJYA SABHA
UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 412
ANSWERED ON-03/02/2026
CASES REGISTERED BY ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
412 # SHRI RAMJI LAL SUMAN:
Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the cases registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the last five
years, State-wise;
(b) the percentage of cases registered by the ED in which convictions are being secured and
that of cases in which the accused are found to be innocent;
(c) the details of the cases handled by the ED in the last five years wherein conviction was
secured; and
(d) the reasons for it taking years for the ED to register a case and resolve it?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has recorded 5158 Cases for initiating investigation
under the provisions of PMLA, 2002. The state-wise data is not maintained by ED. The year-
wise details of cases recorded is as under:
Year-wise Number of ECIRs
Recorded
2020-21 996
2021-22 1116
2022-23 953
2023-24 698
2024-25 775
2025-26 (till 620
December, 2025)
Total 5158
(b) As on 31.12.2025, ED has recorded 8391 Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)
under the provisions of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). In 1960 cases
Prosecution Complaints (PC) 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, 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, ClosureReport is required to be filed by ED before the Special Court, PMLA, in cases where no
offence of money-laundering is made out. Since then, ED 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, 1185 cases were closed.
As on 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. Accordingly, the conviction rate, i.e., total number of
cases in which accused have been convicted as a percentage of total cases decided on merits
on the issue of money laundering is 55/58*100=94.82%.
(c) ED has secured conviction in 43 cases since 2020-21, wherein 104 accused have been
convicted under the provisions of PMLA, 2002. The year-wise details are as under:
Year-wise Number of cases No. of
wherein accused
conviction convicted
secured
2020-21 01 01
2021-22 03 04
2022-23 09 24
2023-24 13 19
2024-25 09 38
2025-26 (till 08 18
December, 2025)
Total 43 104
(d) The Directorate of Enforcement follows a multi-pronged approach for registering a case
based on money-laundering risks and threats and by examining information received through
several sources. After completion of investigation, a prosecution complaint is filed before the
Special Court. Efforts have been made to fast-track investigations and conclude cases
efficiently through the enhanced use of technology which includes optimum use of national
and international databases, forensic tools, artificial intelligence, OSINT techniques and
digital resources to strengthen evidence collection, improve analytical capabilities and
expedite complex financial crime investigations.
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