Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin was assassinated in her car whilst in traffic just outside Dublin, Ireland, in a targeted killing that shocked the nation and drew significant attention to organized crime and journalism risks.
Veronica Guerin, who at the time was a crime journalist working for the Sunday Independent, was shot and killed on June 26, 1996, while stopped at a traffic light on the outskirts of Dublin.
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Guerin had become a target of Irish drug lords and courts later heard that her death was ordered by kingpin John Gilligan.
In July 1999, Brian Meehan was convicted for his role in Guerin's murder and is currently serving a life term in prison.