Huge fuel-laundering scam uncovered

A massive republican criminal enterprise — generating multi-million euro profits annually — has been hit in one of the biggest ever cross-border police operations.

Two generations of a large family, based on both sides of the border, were the target of the mammoth oil laundering investigation.

Some 200 law enforcement personnel were involved in the pre-dawn swoop in the Republic, targeting 19 premises across 10 counties. An additional 100 officers were involved in operations in the North.