Longford properties searched as Gardaí target cross border money laundering network
Properties in counties Longford, Donegal and Louth were searched by Gardaí as part of an operation targeting online fraud connected to a money laundering network
A number of properties in county Longford were searched by Gardaí as part of an operation targeting online fraud connected to a money laundering network.
During the course of the operation Gardaí seized £174,000 (sterling), €7,000, a motor vehicle and a number of items of evidential value.
Gardaí attached to the Kilkenny Detective Unit conducted a day of action on Tuesday, May 26, targeting online fraud connected to a money laundering network.
Gardaí searched a number of properties in counties Longford, Donegal and Louth where a quantity of cash and a motor vehicle were seized.
Two adults males (aged in their 30s and 60s) were arrested on Wednesday, May 27 in connection with the investigation and are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 at a Garda Station in Co Kilkenny.
Also on Wednesday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested three males (aged in their 40s, 40s and 60s) and one female (aged in her 30s) in Cookstown, Co Tyrone in connection with this investigation.
Investigations are ongoing.