Ruairí Ó Murchú
Question:1407. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the monies seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau by county from 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41042/21]
View answerTuesday, 27 July 2021
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target those assets of persons which are derived, or are suspected to have derived, from criminal activity. I can inform the Deputy that the Bureau does not record statistics in relation to specific geographical areas.
Since its inception, the Bureau has conducted investigations into individuals and organised criminal groups involved in various types of crime, including money laundering and the sale and supply of controlled drugs. With regard to the details of the activities of the Bureau, these are reported on each year in its Annual Report. These Annual Reports can be found at www.cab.ie
For the Deputy's information, I am advised by CAB that the tables appended to this answer represents the various assets that were seized by the CAB from its inception until 2020. Please be advised that the figures for 2020 are provisional pending the publication of the CAB Annual Report for 2020.
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