The Cost of Ignorance – How Ireland’s Lax Vetting Is Breeding Organised Crime

The Cost of Ignorance – How Ireland’s Lax Vetting Is Breeding Organised Crime

By D Collins In the heart of the Dáil chamber, Tánaiste Micheál Martin once blurted out the now-infamous rhetorical shrug: “What is vetting anyway?” What seemed like a throwaway line during a heated debate has aged like milk especially in light of recent revelations surrounding an elaborate criminal network operated by Stelian Ciuciu, a stateless man who turned Dublin into a brothel hub under the noses of Irish authorities. This wasn’t a case of…