Follow-up searches carried out after sex-shop raids
A number of follow-up searches were carried out over-night in connection with yesterday's raids on lap-dancing clubs and sex shops in Cork.
The Criminal Assets Bureau raided 17 private and commercial premises across the city as part of an investigation into money laundering.
Up to 100 gardaí swooped on massage parlours, lap-dancing clubs and sex shops during the operation which began shortly after 8am yesterday morning.
Detectives from the Criminal Assets Bureau and local gardaí carried out the raids.
They seized substantial amounts of cash, documents, video tapes and DVDs from a number of premises.
It is understood that gardaí will begin sifting through the documentation over the coming days, while forensic accountants will examine them for tax compliance.
It is believed the investigation is focusing on human trafficking and prostitution while the suspect at the centre of the probe is understood to be in his early 50s and lives in a north Cork village.
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