02/05/2022
An Irish organised crime group responsible for importing multi-tonne quantities of drugs and fi****ms around the world for more than 20 years has been hit with international financial sanctions – leaving their bank accounts frozen and funds inaccessible.
The Kinahan crime group, which has also been linked to more than a dozen gangland murders, has been effectively cut off from the global financial system.
Over the last two years, the NCA, in collaboration with international law enforcement partners and US government bodies, have collated material generated from significant operational activity which shows their involvement in serious and organised criminality.
The material was submitted to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the United States, who today announced that the head of the crime group, Christopher Vincent Kinahan Snr, and his two sons, Daniel Joseph Kinahan and Christopher Vincent Kinahan Jnr, along with a number of their associates and businesses, will be subject to the sanctions.
Over the years, the Kinahans have gone to extreme lengths to avoid law enforcement action by using corrupt officials, receiving training in anti-surveillance techniques, and working with trusted associates to distance themselves from their criminal activities.
However, NCA investigations have caused major disruption to the crime group’s activity in the UK and beyond. NCA officers have prevented eight threats to life - murders and punishment beatings - on the streets of the UK and elsewhere by sharing intelligence with law enforcement partners.
It doesn’t matter how long it takes, working with our partners, we will ensure those who are responsible for flooding the streets with drugs and fi****ms, laundering the proceeds of crime, ordering murders and inflicting violence are held to account for their actions.
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An Irish organised crime group responsible for importing multi-tonne quantities of drugs and fi****ms around the world for more than 20 years has been hit with international financial sanctions – leaving their bank accounts frozen and funds inaccessible.
