Gardai have arrested a woman in Dublin as part of ongoing investigations into a money laundering gang that have stolen over €25 million.
Officers attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) nabbed a 58-year-old woman in Dublin on Thursday morning.
She is currently being detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at Clondalkin Garda Station.
A garda spokesman said: "Operation SKEIN is an investigation into international BEC/Invoice re-direct fraud being committed from Ireland, and the laundering of the proceeds through accounts here.
"It is estimated that this criminal organisation have stolen over €25 million worldwide in invoice redirect frauds/BEC frauds with the vast majority laundered through bank accounts in Ireland."
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