From: Dublin People
By Jack Gleeson
A NORTHSIDE retailer has warned that foreign criminal gangs see Ireland as a “great place to do business in”.
Benny Gilsenan, who owns a shop in central Dublin, claims there’s at least four gangs controlling the drugs and illegal cigarette trade in his area.
Gilsenan is a spokesman for Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS), which represents approximately 3,000 independent retailers across Ireland in the fight against black market trade.
The most recent Revenue Commissioners’ defaulters list shows most people convicted for cigarette smuggling during the last three months of 2014 were foreign nationals.
