the first serving minister to openly voice the allegation. Eight people, including one man linked to Sinn Fein, were arrested as part of the money laundering probe last week. He and six others were released without charge. One man was charged with being a member of the IRA. In a separate case, five men who police say were members of an active IRA unit were found guilty in Dublin on Monday of membership of an illegal organisation. --SP 1821 Local Time 1521 GMT