Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Michael Cryan:
Without blowing our own trumpet, Ireland is probably as good as anyone, to tell the truth. It depends then on the jurisdictions. I have had operations with various countries. We had very successful investigations with the Finnish police a number of years ago and very successful operations with the Dutch police. Operations are ongoing with Romanian police as well. We also have successful ongoing operations with US authorities, with South Africa and with Hong Kong, which was mentioned earlier. A lot of the time it depends on the unit in the area, where they are, and with the different police forces and the expertise they have. I have no complaints about anybody that we deal with. We get great co-operation and we work very well with them. I have met police from every European country in the past four or five years, and other countries outside Europe as well including as far away as Australia and Canada.