Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 October 2012
163. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda operation wireless; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions secured to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42159/12]
View answerOperation Wireless is an ongoing operation targeting organised crime in the Dublin Region. The operation is focused on the criminal actions of a number of selected targets within the Dublin and surrounding Regions. I am informed by the Garda authorities that to date 23 persons have been arrested under this operation, with 5 persons arrested under European Arrest Warrants. While convictions have yet to be recorded under the operation, 15 persons have been charged with offences and 3 persons have been released without charge pending the submission of files to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
