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Sunday 27 September 2020
The jump in frozen assets is due in the main to the granting of a freezing order over cryptocurrency to the value of €53 million.
Six men and one woman were detained after 15 searches at locations across Northern Ireland yesterday and today.
Clavin also said that profilers have been told to target man caves in people’s gardens.
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) carried out searches at seven sites.
“They wouldn’t know [and] the financial institution would be forbidden to tell them.”
The Criminal Assets Bureau called this morning’s search operation a “significant development”.
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said over €1.4 million returned under proceeds of crime laws.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
No arrests were made during the operation today.
The car was set on fire by two men who broke into a garda compound in 2009.
No price or purchaser has been revealed.
The directive will enable authorities in countries across Europe to confiscate assets even if the suspect or accused person is ill or has left the region.
Alan Shatter is hoping to use Ireland’s term leading the Council of the EU to encourage a pan-continental network of criminal asset bureaux.
Revenue data shows that courts have seized €4.85m in criminals’ cash since 2005, while officers have seized €8.9m in that time.
ANY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL of flu in the community could lead to the Covid-19 test and trace system being overwhelmed as people present with similar symptoms, health experts say.
Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry told TheJournal.ie that because flu and Covid-19 both seriously impact on vulnerable and older groups, health officials want to “avoid a twin attack on the same populations” in Ireland.
He said the focus will also be on keeping down the level of flu among those who will not be seriously ill with it, but who may pass it on to those vulnerable groups.
This is why the flu vaccine without charge has been extended to a number of other groups this year, including to children aged two to 12. Previously this applied only to those over the age of 70.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan to get the flu vaccine this upcoming winter?
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