In recent years in Ireland, alleged links between a small number of gardaí in the south of the country and associates of the crime group have formed part of a massive corruption investigation being led by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI).
This week’s alert from Europol was not based on specific intelligence from gardaí who have been investigating their activities for at least 30 years but was based on information compiled from a number of European police forces.
On Monday, the agency warned that the Rathkeale Rovers are involved in using a mobile application which allows them to manually falsify test results.