Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan to be returned to Ireland in high-security operation

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Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan, 49, is to be returned to Ireland in a high-security operation following his extradition from Dubai. The Irish Prison Service has acquired a bulletproof and bomb-proof van for his transport to court. Kinahan was sentenced in June to 24 years in prison for directing the activities of a criminal organization. The Kinahan cartel has been involved in importing drugs and firearms globally for over two decades and is linked to numerous gangland murders. The US Treasury Department has previously compared the group to other international crime syndicates, and a reward of up to $5 million has been offered by the US for information on the three most senior Kinahan gang members.

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The US Treasury Department has compared the gang to organisations like Italy's Camorra and Mexico's Los Zetas.

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The crime group is linked to more than a dozen gangland murders.

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The Kinahan cartel has been responsible for importing tonnes of drugs and firearms around the world for over 20 years.

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Daniel Kinahan was sentenced to 24 years in prison in June for directing the activities of a criminal organisation.

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The gang is estimated to have made more than €1bn globally from its activities.

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He was sentenced to 24 years in prison in June for directing the activities of a criminal organisation.What is the Kinahan cartel?For more than 20 years the group has been responsible for importing tonnes of drugs and firearms around the world, the National Crime Agency (NCA) previously said.The NCA said the crime group is linked to more than a dozen gangland murders.According to former Gardaí (Irish police) Commissioner Drew Harris, the gang is estimated to have made more than €1bn (£836,590,000) globally from its activities.The US Treasury Department has in the past compared the gang to crime organisations such as Italy's Camorra, Mexico's Los Zetas and Japan's Yakuza.A reward of up to $5m (£3.84m) has also been offered by the US for information on the three most senior Kinahan gang members - Daniel, his father Christopher Snr, 65, and brother Christopher Jnr.In 2022, Thomas Kavanagh, who the NCA said ran the group's criminal operations in the UK, was jailed for 21 years alongside Gary Vickery and Daniel Canning, who were sentenced to 20 years and 19 and a half years respectively.

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