Opposition scorns proposals to tackle gangland crime

FIANNA FÁIL launched its latest plan to tackle gangland crime yesterday, but the opposition immediately scorned the strategy, saying the party’s record in government had been “dismal”.

Defence Minister Willie O’Dea said FF would make it harder for criminals to hold onto the proceeds of crime by “isolating gang bosses from their financial empires and money-laundering operations”.

The party would do this through laws providing for: