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Fri 04 Apr 2009New surveillance law unveiled
Gardaí, members of the Defence Forces and the Revenue Commissioners are to be given new powers to carry out secret electronic surveillance of gangland criminals and subversives under new legislation published today.
The Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009, published by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern this morning, sets out a legal framework for the first time that will allow the use of covert surveillance as evidence in criminal trials.
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