Foreign gangs highly active here, says report

VIETNAMESE and Lithuanian gangs are highly active in drug and property crime in Ireland, according to an EU police report.

It also shows Ireland is both a destination country and a transit point in the booming trade in cigarette smuggling.

The EU Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2011 said the gangs most involved in illegal immigration and human trafficking in Europe are Roma, Romanian and Nigerian, all of which are active in this country.