Judge says suspected crime boss 'lied' to gardaí as he refuses bail ahead of extradition hearing

Suspected Romanian crime boss Ioan Anton is facing extradition to his homeland for allegedly creating an organised crime group which operated in Ireland

A man who featured in an RTÉ ‘Primetime Investigates’ programme about prostitution in 2012 “lied to gardaí” and was “less than frank” about his finances, according to a High Court judge who refused him bail today.

Suspected Romanian crime boss Ioan Anton (aged 43), with an address at Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, is facing extradition to his homeland for allegedly creating an organised crime group which operated in Ireland, blackmail, incitement to commit murder and incitement to commit robbery. He was previously on Europol’s most wanted list and faces up to life imprisonment in Romania, if convicted.