Criminal Assets Bureau

Over 150 gardaí carry out raids on addresses in Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Dublin, and Mayo

Two men paid extortion money by three construction firms working on Ballyfermot housing developments and approved housing body

Formal complaint made to bureau over investments made by State-owned Irish Strategic Investment Fund

The High Court declared in 2011 that the sum was the proceeds of crime

Convicted drug dealer took over drugs trade after Eamon Dunne’s murder but embraced a lower profile … until the Criminal Assets Bureau kicked in his door

Oireachtas Justice Committee hears operating environment had changed in decades since original Proceeds of Crime Act passed

James ‘Mago’ Gately has not worked since 2015 because of threats and attempts on his life, court hears

Rolex watch worth more than €30,000 among several confiscated by bureau and sold

Stefan Saunders (46), who was jailed over foiled armed robbery, and Tammy Saunders said money came from work, gifts and savings

Bill was issued in 2018 and covered 16-year period

Nature of case taken by daughter of drug dealer John Gilligan (71) is unclear but is latest in series related to family

Cab claimed Mary Cash’s home in Co Laois represented the proceeds of crime

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Byrne’s arrest and extradition continues fall-out from 2016 Hutch gang attack at Regency Hotel

Almost 1,500 people are being investigated by Cab - in part thanks to ‘good citizens’ reports’ on suspects living beyond their apparent means

Assets linked to John ‘Keith’ O’Donovan, including Co Cork property and quantity of cash, deemed proceeds of crime on foot of orders sought by CAB

Gardaí using gangland legislation and policing tactics to target ‘despicable’ gangs that use surveillance and imported cars for well-planned crimes

Christopher Moorehouse (56) describes himself as a retired agricultural painter

The head of the Criminal Assets Bureau on money laundering and high spending in the criminal underworld

A €28,000 Audemars Piguet watch among seizures made from Graham Whelan when he was staying at the Intercontinental Hotel

Bureau finds evidence of Chinese-run money laundering operation linked to Irish associate of Christy Kinahan Snr

Kinahan ally Byrne (42) arrested in Mallorca in June and wanted in UK on gun running conspiracy charges

Maurice Sines (60) in dispute with Sunday Times rich list new entrant Robert Bull (46), prompting other lenders to move against £4bn businessman

Mr Justice Alexander Owens found Mary Cash’s excuses to be ‘utterly unpersuasive’

Judge was satisfied various assets linked to Peng Fei He were likely derived from crime proceeds

Firm could not provide evidence that goods in question were shipped from here to Northern Ireland

Criminal money used to buy luxury handbags, backpacks and scarves in Brown Thomas for export to China, court told

High Court made orders deeming sums of cash, designer goods and vehicles proceeds of crime

One man arrested following searches in north west Dublin near Co Meath border

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One of Ireland’s most powerful criminals owes his position to the actions of others

Bank account and VAT number used for importing and exporting vehicles to and from UK

The taxi driver brother of Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch was killed in Poplar Row, Dublin 3

For some of his victims, the view of Gerard Hutch as a Robin Hood figure is hard to stomach but there is a different view in Dublin’s north inner city

Ross Browning should ‘bear the costs’ of application relating to two north Dublin properties, judge ruled

Garda sergeants’ body criticises Sinn Féin TD Ó Broin for sharing montage image of officers at scene of Famine-era eviction

Judge says Ross Browning and his partner were of ‘very modest’ means at time when purchases happened

Court told brothers Owen and Brendan Maguire are members of Price-Maguire organised crime group