Garda Review, Feb 1993

Cover Image Description: Two suited men with name badges examining what appears to be a stall of video cassette tapes. Headlines: Focus on Rackets. New Minister. Forensics. Video piracy is just one of the crimes being targeted by the Anti Racketeering Unit, set up by the Commissioner just over a year ago. To date the unit has seized around 140,000 pirate pirate videos, including 10,000 pornographic tapes. The units main aim is to counteract money laundering by organised criminals. The photo shows D/Supt Jim McHugh and D/Supt PJ Browne with pirate tapes seized in a recent raid by the squad.