A man in his late 20s, believed to be an online fraud, was arrested by gardaí at Dublin Airport last night, under a European arrest warrant.
The arrest was made as part of an operation conducted by the extradition unit at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
Gardaí arrested the man following his extradition from Romania where he was detained since earlier this month January 2022. The European Arrest Warrant is used by any EU member state to extradite someone who is wanted in one country for a crime but who is living in another country.
A gardaí spokesperson said: “As part of an ongoing Garda Economic Crime Bureau investigation into a Criminal Organisation, Gardai have arrested a male, aged in his late 20s on foot of a European Arrest Warrant at Dublin Airport this evening, Friday 28th January 2021.”
The male has been charged to appear in the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) at 10.30am on the 29th January 2022.
Gardaí said that the arrest happened as part of a probe into a criminal organisation that has stolen over €22 million from victims all over Europe up to the end of 2020.
The gang is also believe to have laundered €6,770,026 of this money through bank accounts in Ireland in the periods 2017 – 2020.