Garda Inspectorate’s recommendations would include Garda sources in criminal organisations and undercover anticorruption gardaí involved in sting operations
Garda Inspectorate’s recommendations would cover Garda sources in criminal organisations and undercover anticorruption gardaí involved in sting operations
This may take the form of undercover gardaí offering officials fake bribes to determine whether they are vulnerable to corruption.Donald Trump’s openly authoritarian instincts are about to be unleashedIn response to both recommendations, the department said they would, if implemented “represent a significant change in current procedure and practice and may require legislative change”.
The sanctioning of criminal behaviour by law enforcement has led to controversy in the UK, after it emerged undercover officers committed crimes such as arson while infiltrating environmental groups.
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