Six due in court charged in connection with terrorist financing and money laundering

Muireann Duffy

Six people are due in court on Tuesday charged with terrorist financing and money laundering.

Gardaí confirmed five people, three men aged in their 20s and 30s and two women aged in their 40s and 60s, were arrested on Tuesday.

They were charged with over 200 offences relating to an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Terrorist Financing Investigation Office at the Special Detective Unit.

A sixth person, a 45-year-old man, arrested and charged in relation to the matter will also appear in court on Tuesday.

Gardaí said all six are charged with alleged offences contrary to the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005, the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, and the Criminal Justice Act 2006 as amended by the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009.

The arrests are the culmination of a five-year investigation involving various agencies and police forces from other jurisdictions, including Interpol and Europol's European Counter Terrorism Centre.