Criminal Assets Bureau

New legislation is to be brought forward to strengthen the State's ability to seize criminal assets. The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2024 aims to reduce the length of time between the High Court's determination that an asset is a proceed of crime and its eventual seizure from seven years to t

Criminal assets worth over €6.3 million were seized by the State last year, new figures show. The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized cash, property assets, luxury cars, watches such as Rolex, Breitling and Hublot, and clothes such as Christine Louboutin shoes and Louis Vuitton bags, according

New legislation aimed at preventing criminals from using "repeated court challenges" to stymie the work of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) will be published within weeks. The move was announced by justice minister Simon Harris at the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) annual confe

The High Court has granted an interlocutory application by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to prevent the disposal of certain assets alleged to be the proceeds of crime. In so ruling, the court rejected a submission by the respondent that the application was statute-barred because the assets were h

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has published a strategic plan for the first time, setting out how it will meet its goal to "ensure that crime does not pay" over the next four years. The strategy for 2020–23 was drawn up under the leadership of Patrick Clavin, who has now handed over the role

The number of proceeds of crime cases brought to the Irish courts by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) reached an all-time high last year, according to new figures. The CAB brought 31 new proceeds of crime cases last year, the highest number in its 24-year history, according to its annual report for

In excess of €5.6m was returned to the Exchequer as a result of Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) actions in 2018, which also included the seizure of cryptocurrency Ethereum – a worldwide first – according to a new report. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan laid CAB's 2018 Annual Report b