White-collar crime - Soft-touch approach has failed

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter could not have chosen a better week to announce that our legislation designed to prosecute white-collar crime will be strengthened.

The publication of the Moriarty Tribunal’s report, 14 long years in the making, has brought our very poor record on prosecuting white-collar crime into sharp focus once again.

Those indicted by the Moriarty report have launched a spectacular counter offensive made possible only by the peculiarity of our tribunals’ standing and processes.