By Dean Egan.
€540,000 has been frozen in sixteen bank accounts linked to an organised crime gang involved in money laundering, operating in the Munster and south Leinster area.
They also seized a Volvo and financial documents.
The gang has links across Europe and with the assistance of Europol, over €4m in fund transfers have been identified in Irish accounts from other jurisdictions.
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Gardaí say today's searches are a significant development in its investigation into the gang.