A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

A veteran republican handed over almost $250,000 in Russian hotels in an international plot to spread the notes across Europe, a court heard.

A former Workers Party leader wanted in the United States over a massive dollar counterfeiting racket must prove he will not flee Ireland if he is to be given bail, a High Court judge warned him today.