Searches in Ireland targeting horse trafficking network
Belgian-led investigators say more than 1,000 horses were checked as officers probed forged passports and altered microchips used to hide identities.
- On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Garda conducted eight searches across Ireland as part of an international enforcement operation targeting a horse trafficking network involving 25 total searches across Europe.
- The criminal network allegedly forged passports and manipulated microchips to conceal horses' true identities, enabling their illegal resale and potential slaughter of animals not intended for human consumption.
- Nearly 200 officers from the Garda National Bureau, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Federal Police of Belgium, and Europol participated in the Europe-wide operation across the Republic, Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
- Europol checked more than 1,000 horses, warning that some may have entered the food chain without traceability, "undermining" systems designed to protect animal welfare and food safety.
- The Garda stated it "remains committed to disrupting serious and organised crime and safeguarding public health and animal welfare across Ireland" as investigators analyze seized evidence to establish the animals' final destination.
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Horses are said to have been diverted to the food chain when they were not destined for them, without the possibility of tracing. To have the animal recognized as a slaughter horse increases its value.
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cedarnews.netDue to fraud in the horse trade, the meat of thousands of animals may have entered the food chain, even though it was not permitted. This is the conclusion of a major international investigation into more than a thousand horses, which also included seven raids in the Netherlands. The investigation is being led by the Belgian authorities. Three people have been arrested in that country. The criminals allegedly circumvented regulations using forg…
Some of the horses have been slaughtered, although there is no information about the diseases they may have suffered from.
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Searches were carried out this week in four countries, including Belgium and France, as part of a large-scale investigation into horsemeat fraud.
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