India Joins ARIN-AP Steering Committee

In October 2024, India's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) joined the Steering Committee of the Asset Recovery Interagency Network-Asia Pacific (ARIN-AP), advancing its position in combating economic crimes across Asia-Pacific.

India’s inclusion in the ARIN-AP Steering Committee gives it a significant voice in strategic decisions and administrative operations aimed at enhancing asset recovery efforts regionally and globally.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) highlighted this development as an opportunity to strengthen India’s role in curbing economic crimes and promoting cross-border cooperation on asset recovery.
As part of its new responsibilities, India will host the ARIN-AP Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2026, where it will assume the network’s presidency, further consolidating its leadership role.
ARIN-AP, part of the Global CARIN Network, comprises 28 member jurisdictions and nine observers, all dedicated to cooperation on asset tracing, freezing, and confiscation of crime-related proceeds.
The network functions through a structured contact-point system across over 100 jurisdictions, facilitating intelligence sharing among member agencies to speed up the identification and recovery of criminal assets.