Liverpool FC and Merseyside Police seized over £1.2m in assets and issued 432 lifetime bans in a joint operation against ticket touting. The crackdown, involving analysis of 700,000 ticket registrations, also targeted money laundering and led to convictions, protecting genuine fans.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that unexplained assets cannot be presumed to be proceeds of crime under the PMLA. Granting bail, the court emphasized the need for a clear link between assets and a scheduled offense, noting closure reports in related FIRs weakened the prosecution's case.
Days after TMC's rout in the West Bengal, ED questioned the senior party leader Sujit Bose in connection with its investigation into the municipality recruitment ‘scam’ case. Bose had illegally recommended 150 candidates for different posts under the South Dum Dum Municipality in lieu of pecuniary benefits. ED has traced direct proceeds of crime in the form of flats acquired by him in lieu of providing municipality jobs to various persons.
