Two years ago, a member of the Criminal Assets Bureau, who was investigating the Kinahan organised crime cartel, came before a District Court judge and applied for an order freezing bank accounts belonging to a woman named Sabina Murphy. A detective sergeant with Cab swore on oath that Murphy was being investigated by the Bureau and that he had reasonable grounds to suspect that unless her accounts were restricted they would be used to assist money laundering. Based on the testimony, the district judge agreed to a 28 day freezing order, halting the movement of money from Murphy’s Bank of…

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