Three Brazilian nationals charged with owning €3.5m from prostitution ring
Three Brazilian nationals have been charged with possessing close to €3.5 million in crime proceeds and enhancing a criminal organisation following a prostitution and money laundering probe.
Matheus Berberick (35) and his 27-year-old sister, Maria Berberick, of Raheen Close, and Sander de Silva Pereira (40), with an address at Loftus Hall, both in Tallaght, were remanded in custody by Judge Ciaran Liddy at Dublin District Court on Friday.
The prosecution stems from inquiries by the Garda National Protective Services Bureau's (GNPSB) organised prostitution investigation and human trafficking specialist units.
The trio is all charged with enhancing a criminal organisation and multiple counts of possessing proceeds of criminal conduct: €2.3 million for Mr Berberick, €470,000 in his sister's case, and €721,000 in relation to Mr Pereira.
Ms Berberick alone faces an additional charge for using a fake identity document as a false instrument.
Detectives Dwayne O'Brien, Jason Guing...
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