Gardaí search properties in Cork, Kerry and Waterford in efforts to tackle human trafficking

Properties in Dublin, Limerick, Longford, Galway, Kildare, Donegal and Louth were also searched.

Detective Chief Superintendent Colm Noonan (left) and Detective Superintendent Derek Maguire of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau (GNPSB) and Human Trafficking Investigation and Co-ordination Unit (HTICU) during a briefing at Garda HQ, Dublin, on recent targeted action against human trafficking for sexual exploitation (Brian Lawless/PA)

Gardaí said they are stepping up efforts to tackle human trafficking across the country, after it carried it out two days of action targeting crime gangs.

Properties in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Longford, Galway, Kildare, Donegal and Louth were searched.