{"id":5951,"date":"2025-06-08T23:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=5951"},"modified":"2025-06-08T23:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:44:14","slug":"indian-authorities-raid-soros-backed-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=5951","title":{"rendered":"Indian Authorities Raid Soros-Backed Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"824\">India\u2019s Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at eight Bengaluru locations as part of a probe into alleged foreign exchange violations involving the Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded by billionaire George Soros, and its investment arm, the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF). Authorities claim OSF and SEDF violated India\u2019s Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) by channeling funds into India via foreign direct investment and consultancy payments. These funds were allegedly used to finance NGOs, bypassing restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2016, which had placed OSF under the \u201cprior reference category\u201d to limit unregulated foreign donations. Reports indicate that OSF sent nearly $3 billion to over a dozen Indian entities despite not maintaining a physical office in the country.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"56d8daeb-3244-4370-be24-93fbf7c912e6\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1651\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In a separate development, Soros also drew political scrutiny in the U.S. after his investment firm sought to acquire a major stake in Audacy Inc., which owns over 200 radio stations. The FCC approved this deal shortly before the 2024 presidential election, prompting a Republican-led investigation over concerns of potential politicization and foreign influence. GOP lawmakers, including Rep. James Comer and Rep. Nick Langworthy, criticized the expedited FCC review process, highlighting that Soros Fund Management\u2019s significant foreign ownership raised red flags. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr briefed Republican lawmakers on the issue, stating that the agency appeared to be creating a \u201cshortcut\u201d for this transaction, bypassing established procedures meant to safeguard against excessive foreign influence in U.S. media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\">\n<div class=\"touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -ms-2.5 -me-1 flex items-center p-1 select-none -mt-1 w-full duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-size:300%_100%] [mask-position:100%_0%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-data-[state=open]:pointer-events-auto has-data-[state=open]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at eight Bengaluru locations as part of a probe into alleged foreign exchange violations involving the Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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