A teenager who is one of the main Irish targets of an international investigation into the world’s biggest phishing-as-a-service platform had over €1m in cryptocurrency seized from him as part of a separate garda probe.
Law-enforcement sources say the Black Axe crime network is now “everywhere” following an alarming case in Kerry involving secondary school students who were identified as being caught up in money laundering.
Specialist detectives have made their latest move against the international Black Axe gang. Officers arrested a suspect they believe played a key role in laundering money connected to the criminal enterprise’s operations in Ireland.
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