A former Canada Life agent from Limerick is to stand trial accused of theft of approximately €270,000 from the company.

Gardaí targeted almost 270 organised crime gangs last year in nearly 2,000 operations and intelligence investigations.

Detectives are questioning a 49-year-old man in connection with a multi-million international fraud and money-laundering scam.

A journalist involved in the publication of the Anglo Tapes has said that the Quinn family had no role to play in the leaking of the material.

The liquidators of IBRC identified the entire Quinn Family and its advisers as potential sources of the leaked Anglo Tapes.

Commuters and Christmas shoppers are being targeted by a criminal gang skimming bank cards at ticket vending machines.

AMID all the usual defendants who appear in the dock during the normal daily business of the Dublin District Court, Seán FitzPatrick stood out like a sore banker.

The two main criminal investigations into business practices at the former Anglo Irish Bank are almost complete.

AIB has begun an investigation into potential instances of fraud relating to the deposit book of Anglo Irish Bank, which it acquired earlier this year.

Investigations into the Anglo Irish Bank scandal are being hampered by a small number of reluctant witnesses who include former banking executives.

NEW laws will be enacted to combat white-collar crime, while a national DNA database is to be set up to significantly aid Garda investigations.

A PRIVATE training company collected more than €250,000 in student fees despite the gardaí and the Government being informed over six months ago that it was believed to be operating illegally.

A law under which a garda fraud officer directed a bank to freeze two accounts of a company suspected of involvement in money-laundering was declared unconstitutional by a High Court judge yesterday.

THE counterfeit money plant busted in Laois was “one of the biggest and most sophisticated” ever found in Europe and had the capacity to produce around €200 million worth of fake euro notes.

A SOPHISTICATED currency counterfeit operation uncovered in rural Co Laois was capable of producing millions of euro notes, gardaí suspect.

THE prospect of prosecutions over scandals at Anglo Irish Bank is moving a step closer following the arrest of former Anglo boss Sean FitzPatrick.

THE investigation into Anglo Irish Bank by corporate and financial watchdogs stepped up a gear in February 2009, when the Garda Síochána was asked to intervene.

GARDAÍ may wait another three months before questioning former Anglo Irish Bank boss Sean Fitzpatrick over the concealment of €87m worth of secret loans, it emerged last night.

TWO members of a Romanian gang were arrested as they were about to board a flight out of Dublin Airport by detectives investigating a major ATM card scam.

MORE than 700 gardaí have retired from the force this year and the number could swell further before the budget next month.

GARDAÍ yesterday said it would take time to determine whether any possible criminal offences have been carried out in Anglo Irish Bank.

ONE of Dublin’s biggest and most violent gangs was targeted yesterday in a massive Garda swoop on more than 50 homes and offices.

A SERVING garda was arrested yesterday as part of a long-running investigation into alleged criminal activity in the Wexford region.

A serving Garda officer was today arrested as part of a major fraud investigation.

Gardaí have smashed a fraud scheme which allowed people to travel free on public transport with fake travel cards, it emerged tonight.

GARDAÍ have warned shoppers to be on the lookout during the sales for suspicious devices attached to cash machines.

Eastern European gangs are using new technology to skim bank cards at ATM machines around the country.

THERE was a 30% increase in the number of suspected money laundering transactions last year, according to new statistics.

GARDAÍ arrested a further two people yesterday as part of a massive operation against a major crime gang.

THE number of suspected money laundering transactions increased substantially last year and are continuing to rise this year, according to new figures.

GARDAÍ investigating the suspected IRA money laundering operation expect to be in a position to send files to the Director of Public Prosecutions in weeks.

SPECIALIST garda officers are to fly out to Bulgaria to examine bank accounts held by an Irish businessman arrested last week as part of the investigation into suspected IRA money laundering.

GARDAÍ yesterday raided boats and premises in four counties as they extended their investigation into overfishing and official corruption in Co Donegal.

ALMOST 90 people have been convicted for insurance fraud over the past nine years — some scams involving as much as €2 million.

CREDIT CARD fraud is up between 10 and 20% despite a drop in the number of credit card transactions from €69 million in 2000 to €63 million last year.

Former children’s charity boss Cian O’Tighearnaigh has appeared in court today accused of a further 41 offences of fraud.