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This article is about the journalist. For the film of the same name, see Veronica Guerin (film). Veronica Guerin is a 2003 Film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Veronica Guerin (July 5, 1958 - June 26, 1996) was an Irish journalist who was murdered in 1996 by Irish drug dealers. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs

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Career

Veronica Guerin had studied accountancy and political research and had founded a public relations company before she joined the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune. The Sunday Business Post is an Irish national Sunday Newspaper published by Post Publications Limited. The Sunday Tribune is an Irish Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc In 1994, she began to write about criminals for Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Sunday Independent is a Broadsheet Sunday Newspaper published in the Republic of Ireland by Independent News and Media plc She used nicknames for underworld figures to avoid Irish libel laws. "Crime syndicate" redirects here For the DC Comics group of villains see Crime Syndicate. When she began to cover drug dealers, she received numerous death threats.

When Guerin was shot in the leg at her home on January 30, 1995, some of her critics argued that she had staged the whole thing for publicity purposes. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Regardless, she vowed to continue her investigations. Independent Newspapers installed a security system to protect her. The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest selling daily newspaper On September 13, 1995, convicted criminal John Gilligan attacked her when she tried to interview him. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 This article pertains to an Irish criminal for the former Ohio Governor go to John J He later called her at home and threatened to kidnap and rape her son if she wrote anything about him. The Garda Síochána (Irish police) gave her a 24-hour escort but she did not approve of this, saying that it hampered her work. ga '''''Garda Síochána na hÉireann''''' (ˈgaːrdə ʃiːˈxaːnə nə ˈheːɾʲən Irish for "Peace Guard of Ireland" often rendered

Death

On June 26, 1996, when Guerin was driving her red Opel Calibra she stopped at a traffic light on the Naas Dual Carriageway, a few kilometres outside Dublin. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Opel Calibra also known as the Chevrolet Calibra in South America and North America, the Holden Calibra in Australia and Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. All this time a motocyle was following her car. One of two men sitting on a motorcycle beside her car shot her five times, fatally wounding her. Guerin's murder caused outrage, and Taoiseach John Bruton called it "an attack on democracy". The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the John Gerard Bruton (Seán de Briotún born 18 May 1947 served as the ninth Taoiseach of Ireland. Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system

Aftermath

In the wake of Guerin's death, the Irish parliament realised the potential of using tax enforcement laws as a means of deterring and punishing criminals. It then enacted the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996, so that assets purchased with money obtained through crime could be seized by the government. This led to the formation of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). The Criminal Assets Bureau ( CAB) (An Biúró um Shócmhainní Coiriúla operates in the Republic of Ireland in order to recover the proceeds of organised crime

In November 1998, Dublin drug dealer Paul Ward was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice because he had disposed of the pistol and the motorcycle. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most This conviction was later overturned on appeal, though Ward continues to serve a long prison sentence for his participation in a prison riot. Brian Meehan was convicted of murdering Guerin and sentenced to life imprisonment. John Gilligan was extradited from the United Kingdom on February 3, 2000. This article pertains to an Irish criminal for the former Ohio Governor go to John J Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He was tried and acquitted of her murder but convicted of importing cannabis and sentenced to 28 years in prison; this was reduced to 20 years on appeal. In Criminal law, an acquittal is a verdict of not guilty, or some similar end of the proceeding that terminates it with prejudice without a verdict Cannabis ( Cán-na-bis) is a Genus of Flowering plants that includes three putative species Cannabis sativa subsp In Law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision

In January 2008, during a court appearance by John Gilligan to attempt to stop the state seizing assets associated with him, Gilligan dramatically said that John Traynor was the man who ordered the hit on Guerin, and that he (Gilligan) had nothing to do with it. This article pertains to an Irish criminal for the former Ohio Governor go to John J Despite the presiding judge's attempt to silence Gilligan, he continued to blame a botched Gardaí investigation & determination to frame him as the reason for his current imprisonment. Ironically, Traynor was Guerin's confidential source of inside information on her inquiry into drug dealing prior to her murder. Traynor is believed to have been on the run since the murder.

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