PANAJI
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Panaji Zonal Office, has taken possession of 24 immovable properties across Bardez taluka under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The action follows a Provisional Attachment Order dated April 25, 2025, which was subsequently confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority under the Act.
According to the ED, the attached properties are located in Assagao, Calangute, Parra, Nerul, Anjuna and Mapusa, and include sizeable land parcels. All concerned persons have been restrained from transferring, selling, gifting, mortgaging or creating any third-party rights over the said properties.
The agency has further directed that any lease amount or rent generated from these properties must be deposited in favour of the ED through a demand draft, pending further proceedings.
The move is part of the agency’s ongoing action under the anti-money laundering law.
In September, last year, ED had provisionally attached another 15 properties in Bardez itself in connection with a multi-crore land fraud case.
The properties are located in Revora, Anjuna, Mapusa, Nadora, Camurlim, and Parra.
According to investigators, the assets were fraudulently acquired through a network of forged wills, fabricated genealogies, and manipulated inventory records, allowing powerful interests and outsiders to illegitimately transfer ownership “on paper.”
Investigators have termed the operation as a systematic case of “land laundering,” where Goa’s high-value coastal land was exploited for channeling black money through illegitimate documentation.
