Published on : 08 Dec 2025, 2:57 pm

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated 6,444 money laundering investigations since 2014 and secured convictions in 53 cases out of the 56 cases that were decided on merits by courts, the Union Finance Ministry informed the parliament on Monday.

Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated that special courts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have delivered 56 judgments on merits between April 1, 2014 and November 30, 2025. Out of those, 53 resulted in conviction orders involving 121 accused persons.

The calculation given in the reply placed the conviction rate at 94.64 per cent for cases decided on merits.

Investigations Initiated

Since the financial year 2014-15

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