'Ireland? It's a great country for a criminal'

Our lenient justice system continues to attract hordes of foreign criminals who rob and scam people and businesses of millions each year, writes Jim Cusack

Gintaras Zelvys

Jim Cusack

The murder recently of Lithuanian gangster Gintaras Zelvys in Rathcoole, Co Dublin, is a further signal of the invasion of Ireland by foreign criminals involved in everything from organised begging to hi-tech crime.

They are attracted here, gardai say, by what the criminals regard as a remarkably lenient justice system and the low risk of being caught.