CYBERCRIME PROCEEDS LINKED TO MONEY LAUNDERING NETWORKS

• Cybercrime proceeds are increasingly laundered through layered banking, crypto and mule-account networks; the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) investigates such laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
• Cyber fraud is now a predicate offence category large enough to generate over ₹35,925 crore in identified Proceeds of Crime (PoC) — a UPSC-relevant intersection of internal security, financial regulation, and federal coordination.