A total of ten searches were conducted in Spain, with gardaí from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) supporting the Guardia Civil
CAB took part in the operation. Stock image
A number of searches have been carried out in Dublin and Spain this morning as part of an international operation targeting an organised money-laundering crime gang.
A total of ten searches were conducted in Spain, with gardaí from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) supporting the Guardia Civil.
One search took place at a home in Dublin following receipt of an ILOR (International Letter of Request/ Mutual Legal Assistance) from Spanish authorities.
It is believed the suspected criminal targeted in the searches has links to the Hutch Organised Crime Group.
Gardaí say the search in Dublin was carried out by officers attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI).
“An officer from the Guardia Civil is in attendance and the search is supported by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and the Emergency Response Unit (ERU),” a garda spokesperson said.
“This morning’s operation is part of ongoing liaison between the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Guardia Civil in Spain, which targets a Transnational Organised Crime Group who are located both in Ireland and Spain.”
Gardaí say that a previous search targeting the group was conducted in Lanzarote in June 2022 by Guardia Civil on behalf of GNBCI.
During that operation, a property which had been used by one of Hutch’s close junior associates in Lanzarote was searched by officers.
The Lanzarote property targeted during was not the home where Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch had been living in recent years living before the outbreak of the Hutch/Kinahan feud.
Investigations are ongoing.
