How come CAB never go after travellers?

12gauge dave · 12-03-2017 01:18AM #1

We always hear of the criminal assets bureau hunting down drug criminals and the likes but never travellers who flaunt their wealth without a care in the world?
No job no tax being paid but yet big houses and new vans/jeeps and cab dont care? Am i missing something here?

LeinsterDub · 12-03-2017 01:20AM

12gauge dave wrote: »

We always hear of the criminal assets bureau hunting down drug criminals and the likes but never travellers who flaunt their wealth without a care in the world?
No job no tax being paid but yet big houses and new vans/jeeps and cab dont care? Am i missing something here?

They are too small scale

12gauge dave · 12-03-2017 01:24AM

LeinsterDub wrote: »

They are too small scale

I am guessing you are probably right.

Buying 80,000 euro jeeps and big houses with cash is big enough to warrant a visit from cab surely??? I cant put 3,000 euro into the credit union without being asked where it came from.

nosilver · 12-03-2017 01:25AM

They do, big raid on 11 properties in Rathkeale at Christmas, others in 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009

And that's just first page of google.

Your Face · 12-03-2017 01:25AM

We all know why.

Mutant z · 12-03-2017 01:30AM

I suppose its to do with our pc culture of trying to not offend their sensibilities, and now that they have earned ethnic status, which is ridiculous i must add, they can now scream racism.

Ferrari3600 · 12-03-2017 01:39AM

Mutant z wrote: »

I suppose its to do with our pc culture of trying to not offend their sensibilities, and now that they have earned ethnic status, which is ridiculous i must add, they can now scream racism.

I agree that the ethnic status thing is a joke, but the claim that the CAB don't 'go after' Travellers has already been disproven, no?

12gauge dave · 12-03-2017 01:42AM

Ferrari3600 wrote: »

I agree that the ethnic status thing is a joke, but the claim that the CAB don't 'go after' Travellers has already been disproven, no?

Maybe they do on a small scale but i have never seen evidence in my area of it in the 28 and half years of my life. I pass houses fit for kings on the way to and from work as they collect their dole in porsche cayennes?

Ferrari3600 · 12-03-2017 01:46AM

12gauge dave wrote: »

Maybe they do on a small scale but i have never seen evidence in my area of it in the 28 and half years of my life. I pass houses fit for kings on the way to and from work as they collect their dole in porsche cayennes?

I'd well believe you. I would guess they are clever at outwitting 'the system' but who knows.

fepper · 12-03-2017 02:10AM

By all accounts,they get means tested social welfare payments without being means tested by inspectors if address is c/o halting site

Richard Hillman · 12-03-2017 02:19AM

fepper wrote: »

By all accounts,they get means tested social welfare payments without being means tested by inspectors if address is c/o halting site

Means testing is a joke. They look at 1 bank account statement (you could have many accounts), and you tell them what is the legit income of the people you live with.

thierry14 · 12-03-2017 02:22AM

Mods are going to close this ðŸ˜€

You can't ask that question OP

zimmermania · 12-03-2017 02:28AM

thierry14 wrote: »

Mods are going to close this ðŸ˜€

You can't ask that question OP

They do go after them but mostly without much success,they" live" wherever it is advantageous to live and when the revenue boys come knocking they are told "he is down in the north".

Hoffmans · 12-03-2017 02:28AM

Gypsey would be more PC I suppose, since they have their own series on tv3 etc...

I'm sure most of the big cash rich gypsies are non resident for tax purposes

DontThankMe · 12-03-2017 02:36AM

Maybe it's because travellers aren't criminals.

Kristopherus · 12-03-2017 02:38AM

DontThankMe wrote: »

Maybe it's because travellers aren't criminals.

Dream on:cool:

TheQuietFella · 12-03-2017 02:41AM

Ask the ESB!

Mutant z · 12-03-2017 02:43AM

DontThankMe wrote: »

Maybe it's because travellers aren't criminals.

You must live a very sheltered life.

RayM · 12-03-2017 02:48AM

thierry14 wrote: »

Mods are going to close this ðŸ˜€

You can't ask that question OP

Pretty sure you can ask the question. Inconveniently for those who wish to believe that Travellers are somehow immune from the Criminal Assets Bureau, the question has been answered and shown to be invalid.

And if the thread gets locked, it'll be because some people are incapable of talking about the Travelling community without making racist generalisations about them.

MadDog76 · 12-03-2017 03:12AM

12gauge dave wrote: »

I am guessing you are probably right.

Buying 80,000 euro jeeps and big houses with cash is big enough to warrant a visit from cab surely??? I cant put 3,000 euro into the credit union without being asked where it came from.

With a name like yours I'm not surprised!!!

chicorytip · 12-03-2017 03:25AM

CAB has been targeting Traveller criminals with some success notably the Rathkeale(Rhino horn) mob and previously, "Fat" Andy Connors, the leader of the country's most prolific gang of armed robbers who was subsequently shot dead by a rival faction.

12gauge dave · 12-03-2017 03:57AM

MadDog76 wrote: »

With a name like yours I'm not surprised!!!

Well played ya mad dog ya.

demanufactured · 12-03-2017 03:59AM

OP you're racist.

please helpThank YOU · 12-03-2017 04:06AM

Rathkeale co limerick there are drive around brand new English 2017 reg porsche cars bentleys cars rolls royce cars mercedes cars range rovers jeeps the lot the are super Wealthy rich people money the cars there at xmas you would not see the likes of it any where in europe I have been there a few times the graveyard in Rathkeale co limerick the headstones the must have cost up to 100000 euros each and more why do all the rich travellers go there what is the story is the holy land for them i would love to know now get back to paying tax why would the want to that and give there hard cash to the likes of TD Willie o Dea , TD Joan burton TD Michael Lowry,TD Bertie Ahern etc why would you want give your money to them because if the did the would be like most people of Ireland broke there sticking there two fingers up the government and I say well done boys .

rawn · 12-03-2017 04:23AM

please helpThank YOU wrote:

Rathkeale co limerick there are drive around brand new English 2017 reg porsche cars bentleys cars rolls royce cars mercedes cars range rovers jeeps the lot the are super Wealthy rich people money the cars there at xmas you would not see the likes of it any where in europe I have been there a few times the graveyard in Rathkeale co limerick the headstones the must have cost up to 100000 euros each and more why do all the rich travellers go there what is the story is the holy land for them i would love to know now get back to paying tax why would the want to that and give there hard cash to the likes of TD Willie o Dea , TD Joan burton TD Michael Lowry,TD Bertie Ahern etc why would you want give your money to them because if the did the would be like most people of Ireland broke there sticking there two fingers up the government and I say well done boys .

I feel out of breath after reading that...

ChikiChiki · 12-03-2017 04:38AM

12gauge dave wrote: »

We always hear of the criminal assets bureau hunting down drug criminals and the likes but never travellers who flaunt their wealth without a care in the world?
No job no tax being paid but yet big houses and new vans/jeeps and cab dont care? Am i missing something here?

No your not missing something. Always gotta be chasing and taking down them hard working middle class folk. Keep them on their toes.

Kermit.de.frog · 12-03-2017 04:43AM

In before the lock on ethnic profiling grounds.

It's their culture to drive untaxed, uninsured and cash paid jeeps OP.

I mean come on now - you'd almost think their children were suffering something terrible like an abnormal instance of sudden infant deaths and no education. They have more important things to do. BE RESPECTFUL.

longshanks · 12-03-2017 05:02AM

please helpThank YOU wrote: »

Rathkeale co limerick there are drive around brand new English 2017 reg porsche cars bentleys cars rolls royce cars mercedes cars range rovers jeeps the lot the are super Wealthy rich people money the cars there at xmas you would not see the likes of it any where in europe I have been there a few times the graveyard in Rathkeale co limerick the headstones the must have cost up to 100000 euros each and more why do all the rich travellers go there what is the story is the holy land for them i would love to know now get back to paying tax why would the want to that and give there hard cash to the likes of TD Willie o Dea , TD Joan burton TD Michael Lowry,TD Bertie Ahern etc why would you want give your money to them because if the did the would be like most people of Ireland broke there sticking there two fingers up the government and I say well done boys .

You just indiscriminately shat out the words, didn't you?

12-03-2017 05:40AM

How come CAB don't go after Nigerians?

Some of them pull money scams, so racial profiling should be allowed for black people and Africans.

How come they don't round up the Irish in the UK? Everyone know we're just drunker brawlers who fiddle benefits.

RobertKK · 12-03-2017 05:53AM

I know of 1 case from the early 2000s when CAB seized €1.5 million from three Travellers.
I had the unfortunate case of actually knowing them, and they were from the southwest. I got a warning for telling this story on a different forum on boards before, as it was called Traveller bashing, even when though it actually happened.
Many years ago when I was more naive, much younger and far less cynical, I let my good heart give these three guys a chance. I gave them some work to fix and replace some shutes on the house. Price agreed, job was done, then they wanted several times the agreed price, became threatening and intimidating, this was a time before I had a mobile phone. I gave them a small bit over the agreed price to get rid of them as they did not want to leave, told them I would have the rest in a few days. A couple of days later they rang looking for the money, I told them they were not getting anymore. They said they would return and remove the materials, I said 'fine, go ahead, but I will have the Gardai here watching you stealing from me'. I was then told 'go into Kilkenny and hang yourself off John's bridge', he then immediately hung up after saying that. They were not nice people...
Valuable lesson learned, enjoyed being told to kill myself as I knew it was then saying 'They would not be back' which they weren't, but a couple of years later, I was bringing the Sunday paper home to my elderly neighbour, had a read before giving it to her, and here I see the three had assets seized by CAB, one had €600k, the other €500k and the 3rd €400k worth of assets seized.
I was delighted for them, I knew they got some form of justice.
So CAB do seize assets from Travellers, as they would from the settled community.

snowflaker · 12-03-2017 05:54AM

So the OP has their answer. They do.

How come CAB never go after travellers?

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