Gardaí now identifying 400 'money mules' each month

The ‘money mule’ accounts are often set up using false identification or by otherwise innocent people, who are in need of money, being recruited by gangs to allow their accounts be used to transfer cash.

Gardaí are identifying more than 400 ‘money mule’ accounts every month suspected of laundering funds for organised crime networks.

The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau said the number of accounts it is discovering has “significantly increased” in recent months.