30 Indian fugitives were located abroad in 2022: govt. Report
- February 4, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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30 Indian fugitives were located abroad in 2022: govt. Report
Subject: Polity
Section: National body
Context:
- As many as 278 fugitives wanted in other countries were located in India in 2022, says the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), 2022-23 annual report.
- Interpol shared 304 reports on “foreign terrorist fighters” with the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) in 2022.
- The reports received by the CBI are forwarded to the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) under the Intelligence Bureau and the National Investigation Agency(NIA).
About Multi-Agency Centre (MAC)
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Fugitive Economic Offender
- A fugitive economic offender, according to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018 (FEO), is one who has committed one or more scheduled crimes involving 100 crore rupees or more and has either fled India or refuses to return in order to evade or face criminal punishment.
- The act allows for the confiscation of the properties of fugitive economic offenders and creates a mechanism for their speedy trial. The act aims to tackle economic offenses and prevent financial fraud.
What is Letters Rogatory (LR)?
- The term ‘Letters Rogatory’ is derived from the Latin term rogatorius. Letters Rogatory are the letters of request sent by the Court of one country to the Court of another country for obtaining assistance in investigation or prosecution of a criminal matter.
What is Mutual Legal Assistance?
- Mutual Legal Assistance is a mechanism whereby countries cooperate with one another in order to provide and obtain formal assistance in prevention, suppression, investigation and prosecution of crime.
- This ensures that the criminals do not escape or sabotage the due process of law for want of evidence available in different countries.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs is the Central Authority of India for dealing with requests of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
- The Central Authority transmits and receives all requests for assistance either directly or through diplomatic channels.
- The Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) in criminal matters are the bilateral treaties entered between the countries for providing international cooperation and assistance.