Designer apparel by Dior, Hermes, Louis Vuitton as well as cars, cash and cryptocurrency is part of the haul seized by gardaí i Laois and other counties as part of an international crime crackdown involving Interpol.
Gardaí in conjunction with INTERPOL and Law Enforcement Agencies across 21 countries around the world recently carried out enforcement activity under Operation Jackal.
As part of INTERPOL Operation JACKAL a period of international Law Enforcement action was planned to take place between April and July of 2024.
The Operation JACKAL results for Ireland include
• 63 people arrested
• 17 people charged and 6 dealt with under Juvenile Diversion Programme
• 37 searches carried out
• 11 phones seized
• 2 cars seized (€40,000 approx value) suspected of having being purchased with stolen / laundered money
• €49,000 worth of goods seized which is suspected of being purchased with stolen/laundered money
• €81,133 and $260,953 in cryptocurrency seized
• 17 bank accounts blocked under suspicion of being opened under false names
Garda HQ says the searches and arrests were conducted by gardaí attached to GNECB (Garda National Economic Crime Bureau), Gardai attached to CAB (Criminal Assets Bureau) and officers from Tallaght, Tralee, Waterford, Portlaoise, Coolock, Blanchardstown, Tipperary, Galway, Lucan, Ballyfermot and Clondalkin.
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