Two people have been arrested in Cork on Thursday as part of a major Garda and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into transnational cybercrime.
A man, aged 40, and a woman, aged 42, were arrested by members of the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) during a series of searches in the city.
The are being detained under the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010.
They are being questioned at separate Garda stations.