Gardaí have seized cryptocurrency worth €6.5m, alongside luxury watches and high-powered cars in ‘darknet’ money laundering raids in Dublin.
Garda í have seized cryptocurrency worth €6.5m, luxury watches and two high-powered cars in a ‘darknet’ money laundering raid in Dublin.
Detectives launched the operation as part of an investigation into the sale of illegal material on ‘Darknet Markets’ and money laundering, “involving extensive use of cryptocurrencies”.During the searches, Gardaí uncovered cryptocurrency, namely Bitcoin and Monero, with a current market value of around €6.5 million.
He said the operation shows that Ireland is not “a safe place for persons involved in any form of criminality”.
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