Criminal Assets Bureau targets up 36%

The Criminal Assets Bureau has increased its number of targets by 36%, to more than 1,300 people, in the first nine months of this year.

The bureau has also seen a massive rise in the value of new asset seizure cases in the High Court, set to approach €100 million in 2019, compared to €8.2m in 2018 – in the main due to a colossal bitcoin case, with a notional value of €50m.