: After imposing Rs 51.72 crore fine on Amnesty India, ED books organisation in money-laundering case #IndiaNEWS The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said that it has filed a prosecution complaint

After imposing Rs 51.72 crore fine on Amnesty India, ED books organisation in money-laundering case #IndiaNEWS
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said that it has filed a prosecution complaint against human rights organisations Amnesty International India, Indians for Amnesty International Trust and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.The agency accused the organisations of laundering Rs 51.72 crore. On Friday, the central agency had asked Amnesty India International to pay Rs 51.72 crore for allegedly violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act. The human rights organisation’s chair Aakar Patel was fined Rs 10 crore. The central agency had alleged that the Amnesty International-United Kingdom was remitting funds from abroad through its Indian entities – by taking the foreign direct investment route – to evade the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.Remitting involves sending money in payment or as gifts.These funds were allegedly received to expand the organisation’s activities in India despite the home ministry denying permission to the body and Amnesty India Foundation Trust to register under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.The Enforcement Directorate claimed that Amnesty International India has been involved in activities that are irrelevant to their declared commercial businesses. The organisation’s working model is used to route foreign funds in the guise of business activities, it added.In April, the Central Bureau of Investigation had also launched an inquiry against Patel for violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation...Read more

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