Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau
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Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau was an Irish crime program broadcast on TV3
at 10pm on Monday nights. The show began on February 25 and ended on April 3, 2008. The series comprised six one-hour episodes examining the role of the Criminal Assets Bureau
(CAB). The program was presented and narrated by Sunday World
journalist Paul Williams
. Williams explores what led to the establishment of the multi-agency Bureau and interviews the people who played a big part in the formation of the bureau.
The series was released on DVD in the run up to Christmas 2008. The programme began a repeat broadcast on January 6, 2009, ending on February 9, 2009.
TV3 Ireland
TV3 is a free-to-air commercial television network in the Republic of Ireland. Launched on 20 September 1998 it was Ireland's first commercial broadcaster. The channel is owned by TV3 Group a subsidiary of Doughty Hanson & Co.-The TV3 Group:...
at 10pm on Monday nights. The show began on February 25 and ended on April 3, 2008. The series comprised six one-hour episodes examining the role of the Criminal Assets Bureau
Criminal Assets Bureau
The Criminal Assets Bureau is a law enforcement agency in Ireland, the purpose of which is to recover the proceeds of organised crime. It is a division of the Garda , but reports annually to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform...
(CAB). The program was presented and narrated by Sunday World
Sunday World
The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...
journalist Paul Williams
Paul Williams (Irish journalist)
Paul Williams is an Irish crime journalist and author. He previously worked for the Sunday World tabloid newspaper; he moved to the Irish News of the World before it was caught up in the News International phone hacking scandal and shut down...
. Williams explores what led to the establishment of the multi-agency Bureau and interviews the people who played a big part in the formation of the bureau.
The series was released on DVD in the run up to Christmas 2008. The programme began a repeat broadcast on January 6, 2009, ending on February 9, 2009.
Episodes
- Episode 1 - Establishment of the Bureau, including the murder of Veronica GuerinVeronica GuerinVeronica Guerin was an Irish crime reporter who was murdered on 26 June 1996 by drug lords, an event which, alongside the murder of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe three weeks earlier, helped establish the Criminal Assets Bureau....
- Episode 2 - The CAB operation against John Gilligan, his assets and his gang
- Episode 3 - Starting Days of CAB and more on Veronica Guerin
- Episode 4 - The CAB operation against tax-dodger Ray Burke
- Episode 5 - The CAB operation against bank robber Gerry HutchGerry HutchGerry Hutch is a former Irish convicted criminal alleged to have been one of Ireland's most successful bank robbers. He is often known by his nickname of The Monk because he is famously clean living and religious, leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" after leaving prison in 1985. He was born...
- Episode 6 - Seizing the assets of the IRAIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...