Over 41 per cent of all prosecution complaints (chargesheets) ever filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) have been filed in just the last two years, the agency’s Director, Rahul Navin, said on Friday at the 70th anniversary celebrations.Addressing senior officials of the anti-money laundering agency, Navin said the ED filed 812 prosecution complaints in 2025-26, including 155 supplementary complaints under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) — nearly double the 457 filed in 2024-25.“We filed 812 prosecution complaints, including 155 supplementary complaints under the PMLA during this financial year, nearly twice the figure of the previous year (457). To put this in perspective, over 41 per cent of all prosecution complaints ever filed by the ED have come in just the last two years. This acceleration in investigative and prosecutorial output is not incidental; it is the result of deliberate, sustained and intelligence-driven effort,” Navin said.The ED chief further said in 2025-26 the agency attached assets worth Rs 81,422 crore, a 170 per cent increase over Rs 30,036 crore in 2024-25. The total value of provisional attachments now stands at Rs 2,36,017 crore.As of March 31, 2026, proceedings under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act have been initiated against 54 persons, of whom 21 have been declared fugitive economic offenders, he added.Navin also flagged key legal challenges before courts, particularly whether money laundering trials should pause until the trial in the predicate offence concludes, or proceed independently in line with international standards and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines.“Securing conviction is only part of the ED’s work. Money laundering investigations are, in most cases, built on criminal probes by predicate agencies that investigate and prosecute the underlying offences. Many such crimes — fraud, corruption, narcotics, terrorism, cybercrime and online gaming — generate substantial proceeds of crime. Our mandate is to ensure these proceeds, including laundered funds, are secured through seizure or provisional attachment so that criminals do not enjoy the fruits of crime or use them to fuel further illegal activity,” he said.