Interpol said 121 arrests had been made worldwide and potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals worth more than USD $14m had been seized.

Seven people have been arrested following an investigation into the international money laundering of criminal assets accumulating to approximately £215 million (€252m).

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested a Romanian national in connection with the murder of Rose Hanrahan.

Japanese prosecutors have raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon.

Hitting back at the failed Wexford by-election candidate and her criticism of Fine Gael this week, Mr Varadkar admitted it was a "mistake" selecting Ms Murphy to run for his party in the first place.

Ms Murphy was dropped by the party earlier this week as a general election candidate

Corkman Ciaran Baxter was one of over 300 people invited to attend National Missing Persons Day in Dublin.

As they get ready to play Dingle, Editors tell Ed Power of a near encounter with Michael Jackson in Ireland, and why they’ve outlasted so many of their peers

Security at each of Ireland’s ports should be tightened following the discovery of 16 migrants onboard a truck on a ferry bound for Rosslare.

Shane O’Brien, one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for life with a minimum term of 26 years for the “grotesque” murder of 21-year-old Josh Hanson.

The men, reportedly from Dublin and Cork, were arrested at a Toyko karaoke bar after police were called by staff in relation to a “collapsed foreigner” in a booth.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has warned that the ongoing uncertainty over Brexit is making it "very difficult to plan" future Garda strategies.

Kieran Griffin showed no emotion as he was sentenced to a total of three years in prison for a range of sexual offences by Judge John Aylmer at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal.

More than €100 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drinks was seized in the latest enforcement drive by Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordination Centre, and Interpol, the international organisation that facilitates worldwide police co-operation.

Glastonbury is back and there are a host of other overseas festivals offering impressive line-up, writes Ed Power.

More than 50 data breaches have been reported by the Passport Service to the Data Commission since the start of 2018.

Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information relating to the disappearance of Cork woman, Tina Satchwell, on the second anniversary of her disappearance, and said they have conducted over 330 lines of enquiry during their investigation.

A file not yet, as far as we know, on Leo Varadkar’s desk is one marked Jihadi Returners, so the question as to what the Government should do with, or to, any who say they want to come home to Ireland is hypothetical.

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The pervasiveness of state-sponsored killings is no excuse for treating murder as acceptable, ever, writes Jeffrey D Sachs.

Trish Flood from Navan said the abuse by a cousin left her suicidal and self-harming and doomed her to live a fake life, always looking for a hidden agenda in people.

Over the weekend gardaí seized just over €1.7m in cash.

As the Garda hunt for the killer of an elderly Limerick woman last Christmas continues, her inquest was adjourned yesterday.

The largest-ever seizure of illegal or counterfeit pesticides in Europe was achieved recently in Europol’s annual Silver Axe operation.

Having arrived with such a definitive statement, the besuited gloomsters struggled to move on to the next stage of their career — a conundrum accentuated by the departure in 2010 of bassist and founder member Carlos Dengler.

DNA evidence may have solved a 33-year-old mystery over an Irishman who went missing after leaving to catch a ferry to Britain.

There is no reason to view Ireland as a “weak link” in the fight against international terrorism, the head of Interpol has said.

It’s a story that mixes Flann O’Brien and Liam Neeson’s role in Taken — how a farmer harnessed the power of social media and the West Cork bush telegraph to get his stolen coat back from a cycling Dutchman, and all within 24 hours.

A Garda manhunt is underway after a man sexually assaulted a female student in Limerick city.

Gardaí are to use evidence seized from the darknet in forthcoming high-profile prosecutions against organised crime groups.

The husband of missing Tina Satchwell insists he did not kill his wife as gardaí search woodland in the hope of solving the mystery of her disappearance.

The husband of missing Tina Satchwell insists he did not kill his wife as gardaí search woodland in the hope of solving the mystery of her disappearance.

Fugitive struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn has lost his challenge to the DPP’s assurances to authorities in Brazil that his time in a prison there awaiting extradition will be set off against any prison sentence imposed on him here.

Fugitive struck-off solicitor Michael Lynn is due to be extradited from Brazil next week, the High Court heard today.

Up to four people targeted in Garda raids of 31 homes have voluntarily admitted to possessing more than 150,000 child abuse images, the Irish Examiner understands. In one case, there are believed to be 70,000 images on the person’s digital devices.

A former publican who claimed an ex-AIB investment manager defrauded her has lost a High Court action claiming losses and damages.

Detectives are investigating if the latest gangland murder is linked to the Kinahan crime cartel.

Child support services have welcomed a commitment from the Government to move ahead with plans for a digital safety commissioner and steps to improve online protection.

If you’ve been watching BBC drama, McMafia, you know how hard it is for law enforcement to track and convict members of well-funded, cross-border organised-crime syndicates.