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"Mr President, I wish to turn the focus of this debate on organised crime and to draw some lessons from our experience in Northern Ireland. Following the ceasefires in Northern Ireland, we have seen a marked diversion of terrorist muscle and effort, both Loyalist and Republican, to organised crime. The Provisional IRA is now a key player in this field.
Organised crime has become the main source of income and wealth for Sinn Féin/IRA. IRA Army Council member 'Slab' Murphy is a leading crime boss in Ireland presiding over a border empire built on fuel smuggling. The IRA stands exposed by the Dublin Justice Minister as deeply implicated in organised crime centred on Dublin port. Serial hijacking of huge consignments of cigarettes is acknowledged to be the work of the IRA. The inescapable truth is that Sinn Féin, which masquerades as a democratic party and has two shameless Members in this House, is largely funded by organised criminal activity. Little wonder it is the richest party in Ireland. Loyalist terrorists have also made organised crime their forte, particularly in the despicable drugs trade. They too stand exposed as the grubby gangsters that they are.
My call in this House is that across Europe, under the aegis of each nation-state, organised crime should be relentlessly pursued."@en1
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