High Court dismisses Garland extradition bid

A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

High Court dismisses Garland extradition bid
Wed, 21 Dec, 2011 - 12:57

A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

The High Court in Dublin ruled that former Workers’ Party president Sean Garland faced charges that he was the ringleader of a massive racket that distributed top-grade forged 100-dollar bills across Europe.

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