The trial of a Dublin man accused of money-laundering was adjourned until Tuesday at the Special Criminal Court yesterday to allow evidence to be taken from witnesses in Vienna.
Mr Kevin Meehan (60), of Stanaway Road, Kimmage, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to handling sterling bank drafts totalling £185,738, £4,500 in cash and a cheque for £4,000 knowing the money to be the proceeds of drug-trafficking or other criminal activity on various dates in 1995 and 1996.
Lawyers will travel to the Austrian capital to take evidence from two officials at the Kreditanstalt Bank. The prosecution claims Mr Meehan and his son, Brian, opened accounts at the bank in 1996 and deposited more than £600,000 sterling in the accounts. The prosecution also claims the money was the proceeds of an illegal drugs distribution operation.