{"id":375664,"date":"2026-04-01T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/375664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:58:14","slug":"woman-20s-arrested-in-probe-over-fraudulent-passports-to-launder-over-e160000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/375664\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman (20s) arrested in probe over fraudulent passports to launder over \u20ac160,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na. Stock image: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d5524572-ef0e-43d6-a010-6898427a306e.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na. Stock image: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A woman aged in her 20s has been arrested in relation to an investigation into alleged use of fraudulent European passports to launder over \u20ac160,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed carried out a search of a residential property in south Dublin on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Following the search, garda\u00ed seized a number of documents of evidential value and a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested and is currently detained at a Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">As part of Operation Skein, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB), supported by Europol and Interpol, works closely with law enforcement partners across several jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na. Stock image: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d5524572-ef0e-43d6-a010-6898427a306e.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na. Stock image: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Today&#8217;s news in 90 Seconds &#8211; Tuesday, March 31<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A Garda spokesperson said that this \u201ccoordinated international approach reflects the scale and sophistication of the criminal network under investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">&#8220;Investigations are ongoing,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Operation Skein, coordinated by GNECB, investigates international climinal organisations which commit fraud worldwide and launder the proceeds through networks of bank accounts in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na. 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