Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau

Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau
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Format	Crime
Starring	Paul Williams
Voices of	Paul Williams
Narrated by	Paul Williams
Country of origin	Republic of Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	60 mins (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	TV3
Picture format	14:9
Original run	February 25, 2008 – April 3, 2008

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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 Guerin

• 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 Hutch

• Episode 6 - Seizing the assets of the IRA

References

1. ^ tv3.ie
2. ^ www.screenscene.ie/news