Ireland Auctions Seized Gold for National Treasury

0:00It's April 17th. This is Europe News Today, AI-powered stories shaping Europe. I'm Cory with the story. An all-mind auction of gold bullion seized by Irish police has already pulled in almost 1.4 million euros. That's from bars and coins grabbed during busts on organized crime in Dublin. The whole sale should top 2 million euros with every cent heading straight back to the national treasury. This haul came from the Dublin Crime Response team's work under the proceeds of crime act. They're targeting gangs in the Dublin metropolitan region, hitting them where it hurts by taking away their dirty money. Law enforcement seized this as a big win in the fight against crime syndicates. Officials say stripping these profits disrupts operations and keeps the streets safer by cutting off the cash flow. The auction, run by Wilson's auctions and open to anyone, kicked off at 1pm today. To wrap up at 1pm on Monday 20th of April, so bids are still flying in. Turning seas loot into public funds like this shows how the system works to reclaim

1:03what's owed to the people, keeping the pressure on criminals without mercy.