Over the past few years, there’s been an increase of young people in Ireland allowing their accounts to be used to receive and move money on behalf of third parties. This money often originates from crime. Accounts used to launder criminal funds are called ‘mule accounts’, making the account holder a ‘money mule’.
Young and vulnerable people are increasingly being recruited as money mules and are often unaware that this means they’re involved in money launde...
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