Nero Drinks Company

Nero Drinks Company Ltd, based at a home address in Stepps, has been named as a key asset of the Kinahan family's operations by investigators from the US ...

With the football club impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic it was cheaper for the signage to be left rather than removed. "Banners and signage advertising Nero Vodka were implemented at the club’s stadium. Last month Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh, who ran the family's criminal operations in the UK, was jailed for 21 years along with brothers-in-law Gary Vickery and Daniel Canning, who were sentenced to 20 years and 19 and a half years respectively. The National Crime Agency says the Kinahan family is linked to over a dozen murders, firearms trafficking, money laundering and the distribution of "multi-million pound shipments" of drugs across the UK and Europe. The sanctions make it illegal for Americans to deal with Nero Vodka, along with the other companies and individuals named on the list. A Scottish vodka firm with links to a notorious Irish drug crime family has been put on a red list by the United States government - banning it from trading in the USA.