Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has requested a business case for increased staffing at specialist crime bureaus, including a unit tasked with combating the financing of terrorism. The TFIU is part of the Financial Intelligence Unit, which is based within the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. The staffing complement has not changed despite repeated calls from an international inspection body for the unit's resources to be increased. In response to a query regarding staffing levels at the GNECB (including the FIU and the TFIU), Garda HQ issued a statement. “Commissioner Harris has requested a comprehensive business case for staffing in units in Special Crime operations including Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (which includes the Terrorist Financing Unit)," it said.

Source: Irish Examiner January 11, 2019 17:37 UTC