Enforcement Directorate's own annual report shows 56 convictions from 2,396 prosecution complaints over 20 years; Supreme Court bench questioned its record in 2025
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The Enforcement Directorate's 2025-26 annual report, released May 2, 2026, shows 56 convictions against 2,396 prosecution complaints (chargesheets) filed from 2005-06 to 2025-26, a conviction rate of 2.33 percent. The agency separately claims an approximate 94 percent conviction rate in money laundering cases; the sources reviewed do not explain how that figure is calculated. On August 7, 2025, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, hearing review petitions on PMLA arrest powers, said the agency must act within the law, and Justice Bhuyan noted conviction rates below 10 percent on roughly 5,000 cases registered in five years. The Additional Solicitor General S V Raju attributed low conviction rates to delaying tactics by influential accused.
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56 convictions out of 2,396 chargesheets over 20 years, a conviction rate of 2.33 per cent, per ED's 2025-26 annual report
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