Cheap flat being auctioned by Alsops tomorrow, seems too cheap then you
see it was seized by serious organised crime agency, a little background digging reveals most flats in this block were acquired through Craven Properties
http://www.auction.co.uk/residential...000401&S=C&O=A
Then I find this...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....roperty_seized
THE alleged former leader of the Provisional IRA has agreed to hand over nine houses in Greater Manchester to Irish and British revenue officers.
The houses are part of nearly £1m of criminal assets being passed over by leading Irish Republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy and his brothers Frank and Patrick.
The properties, worth £445,000, are mainly in Trafford and Stretford. It is understood they were sourced through a Sale-based firm, The Craven Group, owned by millionaire tycoon Dermot Craven.
There is no suggestion that Mr Craven, from Bowden, dealt personally with the properties or knew 'Slab' Murphy's political background.
Mr Craven - who has previously admitted knowing Frank Murphy - said when details of the case first emerged in 2005: "If it is the case that clients have purchased property through us, through the use of money that is derived from criminal activity, then we know nothing of this."
`Slab' Murphy, his brothers and the Ace Oils fuel company were targeted by police investigating a massive smuggling racket operating on both sides of the Irish border.
More than £487,000 in cash and cheques were confiscated in Ireland, while the nine properties were recovered by British authorities.
A spokesman for the Irish police said the settlement was the culmination of a global crime and fraud investigation into the proceeds of crime.
He said: "These proceedings are the culmination of intensive investigations by the Criminal Assets Bureau (of Ireland) and the UK's Serious and Organised Crime Agency. Both agencies have cooperated extensively, working in partnership to achieve today's outcome."
The Irish leg of the investigation was settled in Dublin's High Court yesterday, while the UK's seizure was finalised in a Manchester court on Thursday.
The three men have been under investigation since March 2006 when `Slab' Murphy's sprawling farm in Hackballscross, straddling the Irish border between Louth and Armagh, was raided. It was one of 15 residential and business properties searched. More than £140,000 in mixed currencies, 30,000 cigarettes and 8,000 litres of fuel were seized while 30 archive boxes of documents, three tankers and a truck with a fourth tanker concealed inside were impounded.
An oil laundering unit was also seized.
In a separate investigation, 'Slab' Murphy, 58, faces nine charges of tax evasion for failing to furnish a return of his income, profits or gains over eight years from 1996.
He is expected to try to block the trial in the High Court next month.
Don't imagine it would be easy to convice the tenants to pay me rather than him
see it was seized by serious organised crime agency, a little background digging reveals most flats in this block were acquired through Craven Properties
http://www.auction.co.uk/residential...000401&S=C&O=A
Then I find this...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....roperty_seized
THE alleged former leader of the Provisional IRA has agreed to hand over nine houses in Greater Manchester to Irish and British revenue officers.
The houses are part of nearly £1m of criminal assets being passed over by leading Irish Republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy and his brothers Frank and Patrick.
The properties, worth £445,000, are mainly in Trafford and Stretford. It is understood they were sourced through a Sale-based firm, The Craven Group, owned by millionaire tycoon Dermot Craven.
There is no suggestion that Mr Craven, from Bowden, dealt personally with the properties or knew 'Slab' Murphy's political background.
Mr Craven - who has previously admitted knowing Frank Murphy - said when details of the case first emerged in 2005: "If it is the case that clients have purchased property through us, through the use of money that is derived from criminal activity, then we know nothing of this."
`Slab' Murphy, his brothers and the Ace Oils fuel company were targeted by police investigating a massive smuggling racket operating on both sides of the Irish border.
More than £487,000 in cash and cheques were confiscated in Ireland, while the nine properties were recovered by British authorities.
A spokesman for the Irish police said the settlement was the culmination of a global crime and fraud investigation into the proceeds of crime.
He said: "These proceedings are the culmination of intensive investigations by the Criminal Assets Bureau (of Ireland) and the UK's Serious and Organised Crime Agency. Both agencies have cooperated extensively, working in partnership to achieve today's outcome."
The Irish leg of the investigation was settled in Dublin's High Court yesterday, while the UK's seizure was finalised in a Manchester court on Thursday.
The three men have been under investigation since March 2006 when `Slab' Murphy's sprawling farm in Hackballscross, straddling the Irish border between Louth and Armagh, was raided. It was one of 15 residential and business properties searched. More than £140,000 in mixed currencies, 30,000 cigarettes and 8,000 litres of fuel were seized while 30 archive boxes of documents, three tankers and a truck with a fourth tanker concealed inside were impounded.
An oil laundering unit was also seized.
In a separate investigation, 'Slab' Murphy, 58, faces nine charges of tax evasion for failing to furnish a return of his income, profits or gains over eight years from 1996.
He is expected to try to block the trial in the High Court next month.
Don't imagine it would be easy to convice the tenants to pay me rather than him
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