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Monies linked to "Slab" Murphy associates are proceeds of crime, High Court rules
Summary
The High Court ruled that money seized from firms linked to associates of Republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is the proceeds of crime. CAB had begun investigating fuel laundering in 2012, focusing on the Murphy family of Hackballscross, Dundalk, Co Louth and their associates. In 2013 CAB obtained seizure orders against bank accounts of a dozen companies and individuals involved in the scheme. The court ordered that property recovered, including €266,000 in frozen accounts, be held for the State under the 1996 Proceeds of Crime Act. The seized firms—Athboy BioFuels Ltd, TCF Fuels Benali Marketing, Save Fuels Ltd, Hibernia Fuels Ltd, Vienna Fuels and Shin Ram Ltd—were part of an elaborate fuel laundering operation that involved laundering marked green diesel into unmarked white diesel for profit.
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What: Report matter: Monies linked to "Slab" Murphy associates are proceeds of crime, High Court rules. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2018-04-16 Publication
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