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United States' most wanted cruel Irish gangs find home in Dubai (Weekly Blitz)

A dangerous Irish gang, which is wanted by the United States mysteriously found home in Dubai. By Maggie Michael and Fergus Shiel In the world of boxing,

The gang that emerged in Dublin now has strong ties to Spain, Morocco, the Netherlands, Dubai and Colombia. Russia, too. Eighteen people, including two innocent bystanders, have been killed in the feud that followed the Regency Hotel raid — nearly all members or relatives and associates of the Hutch gang. Beyond the creation of the Dubai companies, the Emirate has been a personal haven for Daniel Kinahan and his associates. Until recently, laws governing who could open a business in the UAE stipulated that an Emirati partner must own more than 50% of the shares. The U.S. sanctioned a second Dubai-based sports business, Hoopoe Sports, described as half-owned by another Kinahan associate, Ian Dixon. On its now suspended website, Hoopoe Sports listed several premier boxers as clients, including Tyson Fury’s cousin Hughie Fury. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by any of the boxers. Documents show that Vaughan acted as managing director of Ducashew Consultancy. Vaughan granted power of attorney to a British national named Rebecca Irene Brinkmann to represent her in all business dealings. In October 2016, the EU-funded probe of the Kinahan cartel identified more than 200 companies in 20 countries connected to criminal activity. The branch, based at Jumeirah Lake Towers and incorporated in a special tax zone known as the DMCC, would trade pasta, sugar, cooking oil and other foodstuffs. On Wednesday, the firm announced that it was ceasing operations, complaining of “unfair scrutiny and criticism” after U.S. sanctions were imposed on the Kinahan family. “The frequency and barbaric nature of many of the attacks that followed were unprecedented,” veteran Irish Times crime reporter Conor Lally told ICIJ. The UAE is home to a thriving trade in financial secrecy. Outside the ring, the native Dubliner has earned a reputation as a heavyweight in a more extreme arena.

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Gardai prepare 'comprehensive' files on wanted mob boss Daniel ... (The Irish Sun)

FILES on wanted mob boss Daniel Kinahan will be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions by the Gardai, we can reveal.Dossiers on other seni.

One local in Crumlin told us: “She’s been away for a long time but she still misses home. “We are satisfied we will be in a position to submit a file and there is also potential we could add to the body of evidence gathered to date. Asst Comm O’Driscoll — who joined the force in 1981 — told us: “A combination of the actions already taken brings us further along the road to the total dismantling of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. “The investigation is progressing well and the files will relate to the apex of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. Kinahan — now a pariah in the world of boxing with a $5million bounty on his head — could be charged in Ireland with directing the activities of an organised crime gang, participating in an organised crime gang and money laundering. He said: “We will submit a comprehensive file to the DPP where there is potential for prosecution to be undertaken in Ireland.

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Inside paranoid mind of wanted gang boss Daniel Kinahan who ... (The Irish Sun)

ASSOCIATES of Daniel Kinahan will turn on the wanted mob boss in a desperate bid to save themselves, insiders last night revealed.The notorious Kinaha.

The insider told us: “I think he could go to Oman because that has certainly been mentioned in the past. “But people can now see that he was just a bully and an idiot for bringing the global spotlight of law enforcement on to his organisation.” “The other reason that he wanted to invest in the crypto industry is because he was constantly trying to impress people. “Everyone has now deserted him and he only has his ego to blame for the tsunami of trouble that he finds himself in.” “He will also be extremely paranoid as he waits for one of his inner circle to make a deal with the authorities. The source told the Irish Sun: “He will have been absolutely furious that the life that he has built up for himself in Dubai is now effectively over.

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Kinahan gang's drug route exposed as cartel 'employs African thugs ... (Irish Mirror)

EXCLUSIVE: Senior gardai and Interpol have established that Moroccan thugs work with Daniel Kinahan's two main intermediaries in Europe.

You have police forces all over the world carrying out operations to disrupt the supply of cocaine but this is tackling it at its source.” Sources say while this did not wipe out the South American supply for Kinahan and other drug barons, it has been a major blow to it. They also had their assets frozen in the UAE. A senior Garda liaison officer is based there. Anti-drug officers are flooding the coca plantations in the hills of the South American country in a major clampdown on the cocaine trade. But by the time they are brought on their 5,000-mile journey to EU ports, the price of the narcotic has already skyrocketed to around €70,000 a kilo.

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Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jnr rented luxury Dubai apartment ... (Sunday World)

THIS is the exclusive residential building in Dubai where the Kinahans rented a luxury apartment with an upfront €46600 payment.

The announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday that the assets of the Kinahan cartel leaders are to be frozen in Dubai has sent the organised crime gang into a tailspin. The announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday that the assets of the Kinahan cartel leaders are to be frozen in Dubai has sent the organised crime gang into a tailspin. The leaked documents also show links between MTK Global and Ducashew Consultancy, one of the Kinahan companies that has been sanctioned by the US. Despite their well-publicised links to organised crime at the time of their move to Dubai, authorities there approved their incorporation of the free zone branch after a due diligence report said the Kinahan brothers were "low risk" and concluded "okay to proceed". Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jnr rented a two-bedroom apartment on the 14th floor of the Iris Blue building in Dubai Marina, according to documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The owner of the apartment bought it the previous year for €630,000 and documents show the Kinahan siblings got one parking space in the underground car park as part of the agreement.

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Tyson Fury says he 'only has time for good people' but has not ... (iNews)

The issue of Fury's links to Daniel Kinahan, the alleged crime boss wanted by the US government, was persistently dodged throughout fight week.

Instead, the finale of his great speech, which ended to a round of applause from those in the press lounge, struck a rather untimely note as he insisted he didn’t need the “mansion and Rolls-Royce” boxing has given him. “None of my business” and “nowt to do with me”. Fury is not only an artful dodger in the ring, swooping out of reach as Whyte lunged with all the power in his armoury to be met with thin air time and again. So to the press conference, when in the corridors of the national stadium commenced a monologue which epitomised Fury’s popular appeal. There are photos of the WBC heavyweight champion with the alleged crime boss in Dubai as recently as February and Bob Arum has stated that Kinahan was paid millions of dollars for his involvement in the Deontay Wilder trilogy. Why, when former advisor Daniel Kinahan, has been accused of involvement in crimes so heinous that the US government have put a $5m bounty out for his arrest, will nobody address the most problematic and disconcerting of associations?

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Criminal cartels warned they will be hunted down like Kinahans (Extra.ie)

Criminal cartels face a new policing strategy where they and their money can be hunted across the world, Helen McEntee has said.

By working together we will ensure that organised crime does not pay.’ But, in the wake of MTK Global closing, the Justice Minister warned that the age of shadow companies and money laundering was over. Speaking to Extra.ie the minister commented: ‘The tireless efforts of An Garda Síochána in building an international law enforcement coalition to dismantle the Kinahan organised crime group sends the critical message that the forces of law and order will prevail over gangs which seek to spread misery, not only in our communities but internationally.’

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Kinahan extradition: 'Hopeful' Department of Justice will make UAE ... (Newstalk)

A Fine Gael Senator and criminal barrister says he hopes the Department of Justice will make an extradition request to the United Arab Emirates for Daniel ...

"So while I'm quite sure they have assets that are beyond the reach of the UAE authorities, it is much more difficult for them to move now than it would have been a month ago, for example". "The fact that the Drug Enforcement Administration in the United States has stepped up and made it very clear that the Kinahan cartel is a target for them has put it front and centre internationally. "So it's something that is possible - and I hope and presume the Department of Justice here will make a request to the UAE for that extradition to take place."

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Daniel Kinahan and relatives could be extradited back from Dubai (Dublin Live)

According to Fine Gael's Seanad spokesperson for justice Senator Barry Ward, the Department of Justice is likely to write to counterparts in the United Arab ...

It too was given the go-ahead after authorities in Dubai branded Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jnr’s business plan as “low risk”. He continued: “I presume the UAE has a similar procedure in that they will have the constitutional right to challenge said extradition if or when it happens. “We also hope to eventually expand into the trading of edible oil, pasta, and even poultry, if we happen to line up potential leads, prospective clients, and profitable deals for these products,” the business plan read. “We don’t have an extradition treaty with the UAE so we can write to them and ask would they extradite, say, Johnny because we want to charge him with whatever it may be, but they have no obligation to cooperate or facilitate it. The secret documents show how the Kinahan Organised Crime Group planned to open an import and export food business in Dubai with a projected profit of $6.8million. A due diligence report shows how authorities in Dubai branded Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jnr’s business plan as “low risk” adding that it was “okay to proceed”. It is still possible and can still happen.”

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