Dublin's Kinahan clan formally declared world-class narcos

Police from the United States, Britain and Ireland formally declared what had long been implied, that members of the Kinahan clan were at the top of a powerful transnational organized crime. It’s a huge blow, decades in the making.

The Mob Reporter here with news of an unexpected announcement last week. The U.S. government was targeting the Kinahan organization and seven men with a $5 million reward for the alleged bosses: Boxing promoter Daniel Kinahan, 44, his father Christy Kinahan, 65, and brother, Christopher Kinahan Jr., 41.

Further, the U.S. froze them out of the U.S. financial system, This freezes their assets and makes it illegal for any U.S. citizen or company or any person or company in the U.S. to do business with them. This includes such simple transactions as flying on a U.S. airline or using a U.S. bank or credit card.

I recently told you about other problems facing the Kinahans, in this video: https://youtu.be/TVDgZkkuqKw Getting the U.S. involved turns up the heat considerably. The significant new actions by the U.S. government are part of a renewed international push against the group, a push led by Ireland’s national police, called An Garda Síochána, and includes Britain’s National Crime Agency and Europol, the European Union’s police agency.

Watch to learn details of the Kinahan’s rise and challenges they now face, along with their Dublin rivals, the Hutch clan.