Issue Date: 29/05/2025
Speaking at this afternoon’s meeting of the Policing and Community Safety Authority (PCSA) at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin 1, Deputy Commissioner (Acting Commissioner) Shawna Coxon said, "As this is a live on-going extradition operation I am constrained in what I can say, however, I would like to acknowledge this is another significant development in on our continued work with international law enforcement partners to disrupt and dismantle transnational organised crime gangs.
"This work has involved extensive meetings by Senior Garda Officers here and abroad with international law enforcement partners, as well as highly detailed and intricate investigative work with those partners.
"This has been supported by our network of Garda Liaison Officers stationed in key locations abroad.
"This work is not possible without the assistance of the Department of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
"I want to particularly thank the Ministry of Justice at a judicial level in the United Arab Emirates. Our police-to-police co-operation globally is critical to the dismantling of organised crime.
"Transnational organised crime gangs cause misery to communities not only in Ireland but throughout the world.
"They engage in murder, human trafficking and drug dealing.
"Tackling these gangs not only makes Ireland safer, but all the other countries they operate in as well.”
