Gang who forged links with Dublin 15 criminals targeted in major CAB raids as 23 cars and 400k seized

"This is an organisation that had been continuing to grow in strength and they have links to very serious drugs trafficking organisations both inside and outside this country."

"Like all criminal organisations money needs to be washed through what appears on the outside as legitimate businesses so this cash can then be used."

"For a number of years now officers have been concerned about the growing influence of the Albanian mafia in the Dublin 15 area of the capital in which they have been involved in serious violence and drugs debt intimidation."

"The Dublin based part of this network has so far not managed to get involved in gangland feuding despite their connections to nearly all the main gangs."

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