New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday informed that Amnesty India's assets worth about Rs 1.54 crore have been attached under money laundering. The central probe agency said that assets worth Rs 1.54 crore of a charitable trust affiliated to international human rights organization Amnesty India have been attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED said that a provisional attachment order has been issued under the PMLA.

Money laundering case registered on the basis of CBI FIR

According to media reports, an order has been issued against the Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT) in a case related to the alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) by Amnesty India. The Enforcement Directorate had registered a money laundering case against Amnesty India on the basis of a CBI FIR. The agency issued a statement saying that Amnesty International India Foundation Trust (AIIFT) was permitted to receive foreign donations from Amnesty International UK under FCRA, 2010 during 2011-12.

Two organizations formed to avoid FCRA

However, it was later canceled and permission or registration was denied, the Enforcement Directorate said. The directorate said that Amnesty International India Private Limited (AIIPL) and IAIT were formed in 2013-14 and 2012-13 to avoid FCRA and they diverted money from remittances under the guise of service exports and foreign direct investment (FDI). Carry out NGO activities.

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51.72 crores sent under the guise of FDI

The Enforcement Directorate said investigations conducted by the central probe agency found that the amnesty entities had adopted a new method of receiving funds from abroad after the cancellation of the FCRA license of AIIFT. The directorate said that Amnesty International UK had remitted Rs 51.72 crore to AIIPL under the guise of export of services and foreign direct investment (FDI).