New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- An Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into a $150 million darknet based international drug smuggling syndicate, run by Haldwani-based brothers, has been included as a best practice case by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in its latest handbook on international cooperation on money laundering, as it bats for joint analysis and investigations in specific cases.

The practical handbook, titled 'Handbook on international cooperation against money laundering', released on Friday, stresses on the use of informal channels between the countries for faster identification, detection and recovery of laundered money compared to time-taking formal channels to speed up investigations and bring more criminals to just...