Police Target Irish Family in â¬4m Money Laundering Probe
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine
European police have targeted an Irish family thought to have laundered as much as €4m ($4.9m) from elsewhere in the region.
The Criminal Asset Bureau of the Irish National Police ordered raids across four residential properties and one business premises in Tipperary and Kilkenny, resulting in the seizure of €100,000 in cash and a car worth €75,000, according to Europol.
Some 16 bank accounts linked to members of the organized crime group were also frozen, along with funds in them amounting to €540,000.
Europol claimed the seizures were possible because the Irish police operate a model of “non-conviction-based forfeiture” whereby assets can be seized without the need for a prior criminal conviction.