They seized nine jackets worth in the region of €8,000, two designer handbags valued at around €2,000 and a man bag worth costing around €700.

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is not yet able to access the €52m in Bitcoin seized as part of a recent drugs investigation as the codes to access the cryptocurrency are missing.

Reducing drug deaths has been made a national priority for An Garda Síochána under a new operation similar to the high-profile crackdown on burglaries.

Businessman Jim Kennedy and his company Jackson Way Properties (JWP) have lost a High Court challenge to a refusal to provide information about land in Carrickmines, south Dublin, which has been the subject of years of litigation.

A convicted drug dealer has been deprived of almost €50,000 in either cash or in bank accounts as well as six-high powered cars worth around €170,000 following a massive operation in Cork.

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

Cars, money and jewellery have been seized in searches carried out by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Kildare and Dublin today.

Two high-end cars have been seized by officers investigating a gang member suspected of dealing drugs and trafficking people.

A screen is to be erected to prevent a tragedy because drivers are ‘rubbernecking’ at a fire-damaged shopping centre in Cork City.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized six cars, three luxury watches, six designer handbags and almost €19,000 in cash in an operation targeting criminal associates in the Midlands.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized a range of high-value assets from a cross border group believed to be linked to the Essex smuggling deaths of 39 people.

It came as part of an investigation into a group suspected of being involved in various international smuggling activities.

THE savagery of the capture and attack on Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney has been brought home to us in his harrowing account broadcast by the BBC Spotlight programme on Tuesday evening.

The brother of Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) executive Kevin Lunney has told of his horror and anger at hearing details of the assault as revealed in a BBC interview on Tuesday night.

Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau have carried out a search in Galway aimed at targeting the assets and activities of a member of an organised crime gang involved in burglary and theft.

A luxury car worth up to €50,000 was one of two vehicles seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Waterford city early on Tuesday.

A local garda, trained in how to spot unexplained wealth of suspected criminals, unearthed assets that eventually exposed a “protection racket” involving gangland figures and Dublin City Council officials.

The High Court gave permission for a mobile home belonging to Derek 'Dee Dee' O'Driscoll to be sold off and for four bank accounts containing more than €250,000 to be taken over by the liquidator.

The bureau has also seen a massive rise in the value of new asset seizure cases in the High Court, set to approach €100 million in 2019, compared to €8.2m in 2018.

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has carried out a series of raids against a Limerick criminal suspected of extorting money from construction companies.

Three motor dealerships, an insurance brokers, and a jewellery store were searched as part of a Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) investigation into a Cork-based criminal group.

A 181-registered Audi SUV and a Rolex watch were among the assets seized during searches across three Munster counties today.

There was a shocked reaction in the political world during the week when details of a protection racket emerged in court.

Former Minister for Justice Senator Michael McDowell has called on the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy to investigate any role played by his department in the payment of “protection money” on social housing building sites.

A man whose original tax bill from the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) ballooned because of interest and penalties on the unpaid sum over more than 11 years claims he should not have to pay such a "vast" amount of money, the Court of Appeal heard.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized a luxurious Range Rover off one of the country's top heroin bosses.

Gardaí have seized a vehicle and a quantity of illicit cigarettes in raids in three counties.

Gardaí investigating organised crime have arrested a man in connection with a €29m fraud investigation.

A man has been arrested following a seizure by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in Kildare today.

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The Criminal Assets Bureau is examining the purchase of lands and homes by a convicted drug dealer along the border.

It came as part of an investigation in relation to the sale and supply of illegal drugs in the Cavan-Monaghan area.

A man in his 50s has been charged by gardaí as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged intimidation of a CAB officer.

Gardaí have released the man who was arrested during a search this morning by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Co. Wexford.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of intimidating a Revenue Officer of the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has seen a growing trend of criminals using crypto-currencies to transfer ill-gotten assets and to facilitate international fraud.