Specialist gardai are investigating a very unusual case into the activities of a mysterious criminal who is suspected of acting as a “money launderer for hire.”
A series of searches and examinations of bank accounts took place on Thursday in Co Cork as officers try to untangle a web of suspicious transactions, activities and associations.
Fraud squad detectives launched a major money laundering investigation after they seized over €76,000 worth of sterling and made two arrests as part of a major operation at Dublin Port just after midnight on May 1 last.
The 35-year-old at the centre of the investigation is originally from the north east of the country but is now living in Cork.