In 2018, Commissioner Drew Harris took up the role of Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. After seven years of leading the organisation, he will now retire from the position, and from his almost 42 year policing career. In this episode, Commissioner Harris reflects on his seven years with An Garda Síochána.
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Highlight: Protecting ourselves against cybercrime
This highlight is taken from Episode 6: The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau. Detective Chief Superintendent Barry Walsh gives some useful advice on how to avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.
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Bonus video episode: Footage from the MV Matthew operation
Episodes 26 and 27 of The Garda Podcast detail the interdiction of the MV Matthew, which resulted in the largest ever drug seizure in Ireland. In this episode, we feature real and dramatic footage taken by the Irish Air Corps during this operation on September 23 2023. You'll also hear real voice recordings discovered by Gardaí during their investigation.
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EP27: Inside the MV Matthew operation - Ireland's largest drug seizure
In this episode, Detective Superintendent Joe O’Reilly of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau takes us behind the MV Matthew operation. The previous Garda Podcast episode - EP 26, outlines the timeline of the MV Matthew interdiction and subsequent conviction of eight men. Background:On September 23 2023, a Panama flagged cargo ship called the MV Mathew entered Irish territorial waters, having set off from Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela. Unbeknownst to its crew, suspicions about the ship’s activities had been communicated by international intelligence agencies to An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.The ship was being monitored, with the belief that its cargo may contain illegal drugs.On September 22nd, the day before the MV Matthew entered Irish waters, two men, bought a fishing trawler called the FV Castlemore in West Cork. The activities of the crews on board both vessels would result in a dramatic joint task force operation carried out at sea in gale force winds and would lead to the largest drug seizure in the history of the State. The seizure of devices and the interception of messages between both sea fairing crews and their criminal gang members on land, led to the conviction and sentencing of eight men – six from the MV Matthew and two from the Castlemore trawler.
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EP26: The MV Matthew cocaine seizure
On September 23 2023, a Panama flagged cargo ship called the MV Mathew entered Irish territorial waters, having set off from Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela. Unbeknownst to its crew, suspicions about the ship’s activities had been communicated by international intelligence agencies to An Garda Síochána’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.The ship was being monitored, with the belief that its cargo may contain illegal drugs.On September 22nd, the day before the MV Matthew entered Irish waters, two men, bought a fishing trawler called the FV Castlemore in West Cork. The activities of the crews on board both vessels would result in a dramatic joint task force operation carried out at sea in gale force winds and would lead to the largest drug seizure in the history of the State. The seizure of devices and the interception of messages between both sea fairing crews and their criminal gang members on land, led to the conviction and sentencing of eight men – six from the MV Matthew and two from the Castlemore trawler. The radio and phone conversations you hear in this podcast are real.
The Garda Podcast is an official An Garda Síochána podcast. The Garda Podcast includes interviews and behind the scenes features from across An Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service.
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