Gardaí link Irish bank accounts to drugs gang - The Irish Times - Thu, May 27, 2010

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Gardaí link Irish bank accounts to drugs gang - The Irish Times - Thu, May 27, 2010: "GARDAÍ HAVE identified a large number of bank accounts in the Republic which they believe were being used by the Irish-led crime cartel based in Spain and now under investigation by police forces across Europe and beyond.
Just over 50 searches have now been carried out in Dublin and Meath at residential properties and at the offices of accountants and solicitors.
Small cash-based retail businesses have also been targeted in searches in the Republic.
Investigators believe the businesses were being used to launder drugs money, and that the deposits in the bank accounts are the proceeds of drug dealing. A substantial six-figure sum was found in one account and gardaí believe the holder has no legitimate means of income.
A team of detectives at the Criminal Assets Bureau and a dedicated money laundering unit attached to the Garda National Drug Unit are now following the money trail."