<h1>Real estate group promoters declared Fugitive Economic Offenders; ED empowered to confiscate properties after Interpol red notices issued</h1> A special court has declared two promoters and directors of a real estate group as Fugitive Economic Offenders under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018, finding they failed to appear despite summons under the Act (legal basis: section 12(1) consequent on non-compliance with section 10), with the operative effect that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) may proceed to confiscate their properties and move ancillary recovery measures. Interpol red notices have been issued against them and a third director was earlier deported and remanded, reflecting enforcement steps enabling cross-border detention and asset-recovery actions.