Probe Agency Raids George Soros’ Foundation, Amnesty, Linked NGOs

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches against alleged beneficiaries of Open Society Foundations (OSF) founded by US billionaire George Soros, and some linked entities in Bengaluru as part of a foreign exchange “violation" probe against them, official sources said. The OSF is yet to respond to it.

The premises of the beneficiaries, including those linked to some international human rights bodies, are being searched under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the sources said.

The case pertains to alleged foreign direct investment (FDI) being sourced by OSF and the utilisation of these funds by certain beneficiaries in alleged contravention of FEMA guidelines, they said.