Directorate of Enforcement

The Directorate of Enforcement is under administrative control of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It has Headquarters at New Delhi and has seven branch offices at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Jalandhar, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

The main functions of the Directorate are: 

• To enforce the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002;
• To collect and develop intelligence relating to violation of the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002;
• To conduct searches of suspected persons, conveyances and premises and seize incriminating materials (including Indian and foreign currencies involved);
• To enquire into and investigate suspected violations of provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002;
• To adjudicate cases of violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act penalties departmentally and also for confiscating the amounts involved in violations;
• To realize the penalties imposed in departmental adjudication;
• To attach and confiscate properties involved in the act of money laundering;
• To arrest the person suspected to be involved in the act of money laundering; and
• To prosecute the person involved in the act of money laundering.