Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 September 2025
462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total value of assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past five years from individuals or networks engaged in brothel-keeping and prostitution; and whether he accepts that the proceeds identified to date represent only a fraction of the wider illegal economy in this area.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49821/25]
View answerThe Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. The Chief Bureau Officer is responsible to the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána for the administration and business of the Criminal Assets Bureau. As Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, I have no direct role in these functions.
I am informed by CAB that, while the Bureau collate statistics in relation to assets seized, including property, drugs, cash, high value items, it does not collate individual records of the value of assets seized by it by reference to the crime type.
The statistics in relation to those assets deriving solely from "brothel keeping and prostitution" are not readily available and would take considerable time to collate.
I am advised that CAB are in the process of updating its ICT infrastructure and will give consideration to collating these and other relevant records in its update.
