India, Dec. 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed 6,444 money laundering cases, 2,416 charge sheets against 16,404 individuals and entities, and carried out 11,106 searches since 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance came to power, the government told Parliament on Monday. Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) courts have convicted 121 people in 56 cases over these 11 years, it added.

The Income Tax (I-T) Department registered 13,877 cases and carried out 9,657 searches over this period.

The ED registered 11,16 PMLA cases in 2021-22, 996 in 2020-21, 953 in 2022-23, and 775 in 2024-25. In 2025-26, the financial crimes probe agency has filed 556 PMLA cases until November.

The ED ca...