The ED has issued its first purple notice on 21 August 2025 via Interpol. This purple notice has been sent to 196 countries of Interpol, so that they can be cautious by new methods of money laundering. Through this notice, ED told agencies around the world how criminals are white through transport and trade.
Purple notice is a special notice to be issued by Interpol. It is used to give information about new methods, equipment and methods of hiding in crimes like money laundering to police departments and agencies of all countries.
What is the purple notice of Interpol?
The Interpol issues a total of 8 types of notices, in which purple notice is especially to bring out modus operandi, ie methods of committing crime. ED investigation revealed that some people were making money laundering on a large scale by making shell companies in India and abroad. He showed trade in the name of import-export, but in reality there were many disturbances, such as:
1. To show less import bills,
2. Fake duty-free imports, such as bringing semiconductor
3. Creating false documents
4. To show the goods again to the goods through the third country, so that money can be made here and there.
Criminals take support of high-tech trade system
This scheme showed how criminals resort to a high-tech trade system. The money can be sent out in a manner by rotating from the banking channel, but the banking system and fake papers were misused here.
ED believes that to fight problems like money laundering, it is very important to share cooperation and information at the international level. Purple notice proves that India is playing a strong role in the whole world, not only Asia about money laundering.
Also read:- ‘Why do Indian women want to put three children’ burden ‘, Owaisi said on Mohan Bhagwat’s statement