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NEWS: India’s fincrime watchdog registers over 5,000 money laundering cases – but just 40 convictions 

FIGURES: The figures were provided by Nityanand Rai (centre), the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, to Lok Sabha, in response to a question in the lower house of India’s parliament. FILE PHOTO: Nityanand Rai during the handing over of an appointment letter to a newly inducted recruit during “Rozgar Mela" at Dr. B. C. Roy Auditorium, Sealdah, in Kolkata.

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE INDIA’s financial crime watchdog has registered just 40 convictions for money laundering since 2014 – despite thousands of cases. The country’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), the state agency tasked with investigating and fighting financial crime, has registered 5,297 cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the last 10 years. However,…

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