Shatter: CAB model should be adopted by EU

Crime bosses should not be able to live in luxury in another EU country from the proceeds of criminal activities in Ireland — Justice Minister Alan Shatter has told his fellow EU ministers.

He has put forward a blueprint based on Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau which he wants them to adopt.

It goes much further than current proposals on the table that would allow cross-border cooperation that would see criminals lose their assets provided they were convicted by the courts first.