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Status: In force. Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted by the NDA government to prevent money laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from money laundering. [1] [2] PMLA and the Rules notified thereunder came into force with effect from 1 July 2005.
The Enforcement Directorate has reported a high conviction rate in money laundering cases, but this figure is based on a small number of completed trials. As of January 31, 2023, the ED had registered 5,906 Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIRs) and arrested 513 persons. [28] However, only a small fraction of these cases have completed trial.
Financial Intelligence Unit—India ( FIU-IND) is an organisation under the Department of Revenue, Government of India which collects financial intelligence about offences [1] under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. It was set up in November 2004 and reports directly to the Economic Intelligence Council (EIC) headed by the Finance ...
The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering) (' FATF, aka "Faftee"), also known by its French name, Groupe d'action financière ( GAFI ), is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering and to maintain certain interest. [3]
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international organization that facilitates cooperation and intelligence sharing between national financial intelligence units (FIUs) to investigate and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. National FIUs collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity and are ...
Money laundering is the conversion or transfer of property; the concealment or disguising of the nature of the proceeds; the acquisition, possession or use of property, knowing that these are derived from criminal acts; the participating in or assisting the movement of funds to make the proceeds appear legitimate.
The Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is a FATF style regional inter-governmental (international) body, the members of which are committed to effectively implementing the international standards against money laundering (Anti–money laundering or AML), the combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at the prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India. [1] The most recent amendment of the law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention ...