Money-laundering racket probe continues
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Forensic officers are carrying out tests on money found in Dublin and Belfast today to see if it is linked to the Northern Bank robbery last month. Some €3m was seized in searches across the country in a massive garda money-laundering investigation, while cash which may be linked to the Northern Bank robbery was found at a sports complex used by police in Belfast. In one operation, 17 sackfuls of cash were removed from the house of a leading Cork businessman but police on both sides of the border were still unable to confirm if any of the €3m haul in euro and sterling notes is part of the £26.5m (€38m) stolen from the Northern Bank in Belfast just before Christmas. Further searches were planned across Ireland as part of the cross-border inquiry that has prompted new allegations of Sinn Féin involvement in criminality. Eight people have so far been arrested in connection with the investigation. Most have since been released and one appeared before a Special Criminal Court yesterday charged with membership of an illegal organisation. More : breakingnews.iol.ie |