Reputed chief of IRA held in tax evasion
The Irish Republican Army’s reputed commander appeared in court for the first time and was charged with massive tax evasion.
Irish police and prosecutors -- stymied for decades in their efforts to put the alleged terrorism mastermind and suspected fuel smuggler Thomas “Slab” Murphy behind bars -- are now using the same approach that U.S. authorities took to nail Al Capone: following the money trail.
Murphy, 58, had been lying low since British and Irish authorities raided his border-straddling farm in March 2006 and found a fuel-smuggling operation.
On Wednesday night, detectives from the police’s anti-racketeering squad caught Murphy as he was being driven away from a Gaelic football game.
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