Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau
| Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau | |
|---|---|
 Dirty | |
| Starring | Paul Williams |
| Voices of | Paul Williams |
| Narrated by | Paul Williams |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins (including commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 25 February – 3 April 2008 |
Dirty Money: The Story of the Criminal Assets Bureau was an Irish crime program broadcast on TV3 at 10 p.m. on Monday nights. The show began on 25 February and ended on 3 April 2008. The series comprised six one-hour episodes examining the role of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). The program was presented and narrated by the then Sunday World journalist Paul Williams.[1] Williams explores what led to the establishment of the multi-agency Bureau and interviews the people who played a big part in the formation of the bureau.[2]
The series was released on DVD in the run up to Christmas 2008. The programme began a repeat broadcast on 6 January 2009, ending on 9 February 2009.
Episodes
[edit]Twelve episode s were made:[3]
- State of Fear - Establishment of the Bureau, including the murder of Veronica Guerin
- The CAB operation against John Gilligan, his assets and his gang
- Starting Days of CAB and more on Veronica GuerinThe CAB operation against tax-dodger Ray Burke
- Operation Alpha, the CAB operation against bank robber Gerry Hutch
- Big Guns, seizing the assets of the IRA
- Cleared for Payoff
- Spring into Action
- Coffin Up Big Bucks
- New York State of Find
- Life in the Cash Lane
- Brite Ideas
References
[edit]- ^ tv3.ie[dead link]
- ^ www.screenscene.ie/news Archived 18 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dirty Money - iTV Shows Open". Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.