One person was arrested and six homes in Dublin were searched by gardaí as part of a Europe-wide operation earlier this month targeting criminals involved in buying goods over the internet using stolen payment card details.
In total, details of over 100 compromised US-issued payment cards were also recovered in Ireland during the operation.
Gardaí and Retail Excellence Ireland have teamed up to educate the public and retailers on how to protect themselves from this type of fraud.
'Card not present' fraud involves use of payment card details obtained by skimming, hacking, email phishing or other illegal means to buy goods online or by phone.
Earlier this week Europol revealed that between 6 and 16 June, officers in 26 countries working with retailers and the payments industry took part in an operation to combat the growing problem.
Searches of more than 100 locations took place, with 76 professional fraudsters suspected of more than 20,000 fraudulent transactions with compromised credit cards arrested.
As part of the operation, gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau carried out six house searches and detained one suspect.
Over 100 compromised US-issued payment cards in Dublin were also recovered.
In the first half of last year alone, card fraud in Ireland cost over €20m, with three quarters of the crimes happening when a card was not present.
One recent target was a major national sports retailer, which during two weeks in March, recorded 172 successful and attempted purchases worth €16,000 from its online store using compromised payment cards from the US.
