Money laundering prosecutions could take months

GARDAÍ yesterday said it could take months before files are sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to people arrested as part of the money-laundering investigation.

Senior officers said analysis of all the documents and computers seized, as well as forensic and visual inspection of the cash, would take a considerable length of time.

“All the action, so to speak, is done. That’s probably not going to be repeated,” said one garda source. “It’s now the boring, complex, long-term work.”