John Morrissey has worked for the KOCG for several years, including as an enforcer, and facilitates international drug shipments for the organization from South America. Dubliner Ian Dixon (32) is also currently based in Dubai. ALIASES: Mano Daniel Joseph Kinahan is the leader of the Kinahans. The sanctions imposed by the US also set out the Kinahans leading roles in their cartel and gives details such as their home addresses and passport numbers, genuine and fake. The OFAC looks to impose economic and trade sanctions against international narcotics traffickers, foreign countries, regimes and terrorists. Suspects ordinarily can be held for up to two years but this period is lengthened for more serious offenses. The US Government can block their property and interests in property. [8], By February 2010 Kinahan was awaiting sentence in Belgium on money laundering charges. Nero Drinks was designated for being owned or controlled by, directly or indirectly, John Morrissey. U.S. persons may face civil or criminal penalties for violations of E.O. The image was taken a few years ago in the middle of the feud but he had passed over control by that stage to his eldest son. ", "Is crime boss Christy Kinahan untouchable? Christopher Vincent Kinahan, 66 The reward was announced this morning by US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin at a Garda Conference at Dublin City Hall. According to investigations being conducted by law enforcement agencies in the United States, Ireland, and Great Britain, Kinahan Jr. is currently residing in Dubai furthering the operations of the KTCO international drug smuggling and money laundering operation. He is suspected of setting up drug routes into Western Europe for Mexican and Colombian cartels, and the Russian mafia. He said that the hierarchy of the KOCG has convinced senior Kinahan members that they are untouchable.. Each member of the KOCG reports to Daniel Kinahan, who is believed to run the day-to-day operations of the organization. | Ep. Christy Kinahan and his two sons will be held in custody inSpain while police investigate their $1.22 billion crime organization. Why are womens bodies under attack from autoimmune diseases? Ducashew is one of three companies placed on the US sanctions list. We here at extra.ie have broken it down for you. Last edited on 29 September 2022, at 05:57, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, "Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations; Libya Designations Updates", "The six unsolved gun murders linked to the Kinahan cartel", "Will the Dublin feud threaten Christy Kinahan's criminal empire? Taylor explained that Kinahan didn't appear to notice the plain-clothes NCA officer beside him and, as a result, he acquired fresh intelligence in an attempt to dismantle the Kinahan cartel. EYE COLOR: Black The KOCG also frequently uses Dubai as a facilitation hub for its illicit activities. Also charged with passport fraud are Robert Edward Phillips and James Gregory Naughton. [30], Despite the sanctions being imposed on the group, it was reported in August 2022 that Spanish-based associates of the Kinahan cartel were continuing to operate multi-million-euro drug shipments. 'It's not something that we've done in the past that I'm aware it is done in the US and other jurisdictions. He has just one known passport, which is Irish, and the only address listed for him is in Dubai. [Wanted Poster in Spanish][386 KB], For more information please seeDepartment of State Offers Reward for Information to Bring Three Irish Transnational Criminals to Justice United States Department of State, NAME: Christopher Kinahan, Jr. Ian Dixon is the sole manager of Hoopoe Sports and has full executive power over the company. Since then, he has travelled to the Netherlands on his legitimate passport to stay with his new wife and younger family. Since then, Irish courts have concluded that the KOCG is a murderous organization involved in the international trafficking of drugs and firearms. EXILED gangster Christy Dapper Don Kinahan once used the name of a homeless man to travel the world, the Irish Sun can reveal. As a result of the alleged conspiracy, jockeys Kieren Fallon, Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch, faced criminal horse race-fixing charges at the Old Bailey. Conor Lally is Security and Crime Editor of The Irish Times, Failure to address drone disruption issues at Dublin Airport deeply alarming, PSNI given more time to question two men over detectives shooting in Omagh, Two Air Corps planes out of service following crash at Casement Aerodrome, Before I would have held my husbands hand walking around the streets. Christopher Kinahan jnr. Kinahan has dated some of boxing's biggest names including Fury Credit: See caption. The subsequent police response to the gang violence in Ireland led to gang member arrests and caused the KTCO leadership to shift their transnational organized crime operations to the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Todays action is the result of close collaboration between OFAC, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Irelands national police force (An Garda Sochna), the United Kingdoms National Crime Agency, and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. They cannot fly on any US airline for the foreseeable future. But now I wouldnt, Reality star Stephen Bear jailed for 21 months for sharing sex video without consent, Refugees told they are to be moved as hotels prepare for holiday season, A Magdalene laundry and its clients: Holles Street, Fitzwilliam Tennis Club, Captain Americas. The Guardian newspaper states that Christy Kinahan was born in St Teresa's Gardens, Dublin, in the south inner city, though an Irish passport cited by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists his primary place of birth as Cabra, Dublin further north. The U.S. Department of State is announcing rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to each of the arrests and/or convictions of Irish transnational organized criminal Christopher Vincent Kinahan and his two sons, Daniel Joseph Kinahan and Christopher Kinahan, Jr., for participating in, or conspiring to participate in, transnational organized crime. [12] It was founded by Christy Kinahan in the 1990s. But escorts say that the wife of Christopher Kinahan Jnr is far from happy these ages in her gilded cage far from home. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. OFACs regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or persons within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. As part of the huge probe, suspected cartel money man Jasvinder Singh Kamoo has been charged with using fake number plates on a Mercedes C180. HEIGHT: Unknown Takashi Yamaguch. Another company is named as Nero Drinks Company Ltd in Glasgow, London and Mijas (Spain). HAIR COLOR: Black Christopher Jr. regularly contributes to a fund that is used to pay KOCG members. A spokesperson for the Department said: Today the United States Department of State is pleased to announce a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the financial disruption of the KTCO or the arrest and conviction of its leaders, Christopher Vincent Kinahan, Daniel Joseph Kinahan and Christopher Kinahan Jnr. He "sources large quantities of cocaine from South America, plays an integral part in organising the supply of drugs in Ireland, and is attempting to facilitate the importation of cocaine into the United Kingdom". File usage on Commons. Remarks by Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the Association of Women in International Trade. SCARS, TATTOOS, OR MARKS:Unknown. The Kinahans are a Dublin gang who emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, who are considered to be the most 'powerful organised crime group' in Ireland today. Another member of the deadly crime gang caught travelling with a fake passport was Christopher Kinahan Jnr. Morrissey, it is stated, has given a significant portion of the business to Daniel Kinahan to compensate for loads of drugs seized by law enforcement and that he, Morrissey, controls the business through his wife who is the primary shareholder, who is used as a frontperson for his interests. We have estimated Christy Kinahan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. Gary Hutch was blamed for an attempt on Daniel Kinahan's life, so the Kinahans ordered him to be shot. The minimum sentence under Spanish law is six months. And cartel associates who have visited the region include one of the killers of Gareth Hutch in May 2016 and a notorious INLA double killer. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Department of State Offers Reward for Information to Bring Three Irish Transnational Criminals to Justice United States Department of State, Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program Targets. Daniel Kinahan runs Ducashew through various individuals and is involved in its financial and business management. They can also impact the Kinahan's boxing business and interests in the US, Daniel Kinahan claims to have worked with Tyson Fury in the past. Gary Hutch was the nephew of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, the most successful[citation needed] armed robber in Ireland, and the Monk is said to have taken the murder very personally, refusing any attempt at a 'sit down' made by the Kinahans. [13] Estimated reports have credited them with wealth of up to 1 billion. His older brother described in the High Court as the director of the organised crime group also isnt facing any charges and can use his own travel document. His long time associate John The Colonel Cunningham is one of 24 suspects who wont be charged as part of the probe. Mob boss Christy Kinahan is being shielded by corrupt politicians in the cartel's African bolthole, it has been claimed. The 65-year-old is listed as having four addresses, including one in Dubai, where he lives, and three in Spain; in Barcelona, Estepona and Marbella. During their surveillance of the cartel figures on Spains Costa del Sol between 2008 and 2010, Phillips was identified as a technical surveillance expert who trained cartel figures such as Thompson and Gary Hutch in counter-surveillance. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. The drugs kingpin used the fraudulently obtained passport before the Policia Nacional swooped against his mob in a series of dawn raids under Operation Shovel in May 2010. It had been known Kinahan, 66, who set up the 1billion drugs cartel that bears his name and is now run on a day-to-day basis by his son Daniel, was using the southern African state as a base for his international business ventures. From left to right: Daniel Kinahan, Christopher Kinahan Jr and Christopher Kinahan Sr have all been sanctioned by the US A wide range of criminality by the gang, including more than a. Since February 2016, the KOCG has been involved in a gang war with another group in Ireland and Spain, resulting in numerous murders, including of two innocent bystanders.