The Kinahans are now based in the United Arab Emirates, and hail from Crumlin, Dublin.
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The Kinahans are an “organised crime group” that “smuggles deadly narcotics, including cocaine, to Europe”, and are also involved in money laundering and drug-related crime and violence, including murder.
The US government has announced a $5m (£3.8m) reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the leaders of the Kinahan crime cartel.
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Speaking in Dublin, after the US government unveiled tough Russia-style sanctions against the gang, the US ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin said the reward would be provided for “information leading to the financial disruption of the Kinahans, or the arrest or conviction” of Daniel Kinahan, his father Christopher Snr and brother Christopher Jnr.
Tackling the Kinahans “is an urgent priority for President Biden and the US government” Ms Cronin said.
The dramatic intervention of the United States is seen as a major blow to the sprawling crime gang, whose drug and firearms trafficking grew out of Dublin streets to span countries around the world.


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