Ahern plans to strengthen law on white-collar crime

THE Garda Commissioner is to advise Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on plans to strengthen the law on white-collar crime, while whistle-blowers reporting suspected corruption will get blanket protection.

Mr Ahern said he wants a “rigorous focus on white-collar crime” to involve detecting it, deterring it and bringing to justice those who perpetrate it.

He said he would also be enacting a new, consolidated Corruption Bill and producing “a broad and comprehensive” white paper consultation on white-collar crime.