International gang member seeks return of €50k Mercedes

Thomas Rooney, identified as a mid-to-high level operative within an international organised crime network, appeared before the Court of Appeal in February 2023 to contest the State's forfeiture of a Mercedes-Benz motor vehicle valued at approximately fifty thousand euro. The fifty-three-year-old man from Betaghstown in County Meath had previously entered guilty pleas to money laundering charges at the Special…