Business: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 20 locations in Bengaluru, Hospet and Gurugram in connection with the illegal export of iron ore using Belekeri port. An official of the central agency said that on the basis of FIRs and charge sheets filed by the CBI on the instructions of the Supreme Court in cases of illegal export of iron ore from Belekeri port in Karnataka, investigation has been initiated under the provisions of PMLA 2002.