Gardaí have issued a warning about a new social media-led banking scam which can empty customer accounts in minutes.

Seven people were arrested in the North over two days in what the PSNI said was their largest money laundering operation ever.

The decision follows high-level meetings between Garda bosses and the ODCE after Sports Ireland referred, last November, an independent audit of FAI finances it commissioned to Garda HQ.

A Romanian man and woman have been arrested at Dublin airport following a joint intelligence operation.

The Garda’s fraud bureau is set to meet with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) this week to map out a joint response to an audit of FAI finances.

Garda fraud experts have made a third arrest as part of a major investigation into a fraudulent operation worth an estimated €29m run by an organised crime gang.

Specialist gardaí investigating alleged match-fixing and betting fraud timed their searches at a football grounds for when players were having a training session in order to confiscate their mobile phones for possible evidence.

Gardaí have issued a warning about a text message scam that is designed to gain access to personal bank accounts.

Gardaí are warning the public about a text scam which aims to gain access to someone's personal bank accounts.

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

Plans for a dedicated Garda Insurance Fraud Unit have been abandoned.

Students have been warned not to allow their bank accounts to be used to transfer money on behalf of criminals as to do so is committing the offence of money laundering.

Gardaí intend to make arrests and prepare a prosecution file for the DPP in relation to the suspected laundering by a Nigerian criminal network of more than €15m through Irish and international bank accounts.

Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to move on proposals made by its own expert group 15 months ago for a dedicated Garda insurance fraud unit.

Gardaí are to seek money laundering and theft charges against four members of an organised crime gang involved in defrauding two organisations of more than €750,000.

Gardaí from the Money Laundering Investigation Unit (MLIU) at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) have made a third arrest in relation to the alleged money laundering of funds from a Life Assurance company.