Five arrested on suspicion of acting as or recruiting money mules 

To date, it is estimated that the criminal organisation has stolen over €15.5 million and laundered near €14 million in Ireland

Five people have been arrested for money laundering offences in Longford as part of an ongoing garda operation. 

Four men and one woman, aged in their late teens and 20s, were arrested on suspicion of acting as, and recruiting, money mules in addition to laundering money in bank accounts for a criminal organisation.