‘Mr Big’ of Munster sex industry arrested in dawn swoop

THE Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) yesterday arrested the man claimed to be a key figure in Munster’s sex industry.

The middle-aged man, dubbed “Mr Big”, is believed to run a number of brothels and massage parlours throughout the province, the majority of which are in Cork.

He was arrested in a dawn swoop at his home in a north Cork village by CAB officers and taken to the Bridewell Garda Station in Cork city.