10 people charged in relation to alleged money laundering

Ellen O'Donoghue

Gardaí have charged 10 people in relation to alleged money laundering offences.

The three men and seven women were arrested as part of ongoing investigations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Division targeting a web of laundering money, believed to be directly acquired through criminal enterprises.

All the men are aged in their 20s, while six of the women are in their 20s and one is in her 30s.

They were charged by gardaí attached to the Balbriggan Economic Crime Unit with alleged money laundering offences contrary to the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010.

They're due before Balbriggan District Court at 10.30am on Thursday.