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Kinahan Cartel's Assets Frozen, Boss Extradited

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Authorities seize $168 million from Kinahan drug cartel, arrest boss Daniel Kinahan in Dubai amid organized crime charges; UAE cracks down on cartels money laundering networks, cutting off bank access and cash flow; Kinahan empires assets mostly hidden in offshore trusts, dodging US sanctions; Daniel faces extradition to Ireland, prosecutors have encrypted phones revealing plots on rivals.

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Kinahan Cartel's Assets Frozen, Boss Extradited

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Kinahan Cartel's Assets Frozen, Boss Extradited. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 26, authorities just froze 168 million pounds in assets tied to the Kenahan drug cartel, while Boss Daniel Kenahan awaits extradition back to Ireland. This 48-year-old and his 69-year-old dad Christy, the Dapper Don, have been chilling in Dubai since 2016 after. Fleeing Spain's Costa del Sol amid a brutal gang feud sparked by a rival's murder. Earlier this month, Daniel got nabbed on Dubai's Palm Jameera Island, right at his 7-bedroom spot with wife Sauimee. Now he's locked an out-awyer prison, the so-called Desert Alcatraz, facing organized crime charges as UAE cops target dozens laundering the cartels. Cash from cocaine floods into Europe, arms deals, and more. Meanwhile, the UAE's cracking down hard after links to Iranian-Ops surfaced, sanctioning oil tankers connected to Daniel's MMA fighter buddy. An anti-money laundering boss declared networks smashed and no-safe spots for crooks, leaving

the Kenahan scrambling with bank access cut off, and cash flow drying up? Their 1.2 billion-pound empire is mostly tucked in offshore trusts across the US, Asia, and beyond. Dodging US sanctions slapped on SENS 2, 2022, with $5 million bounties. He's still living large in Dubai, Christie's whereabouts of mystery, and Intel hints at a pivot to Indonesia's loose extradition scene. When Daniel hits Dublin's Special Criminal Court, prosecutors got encrypted ghost phones spilling plots on rivals like Gary the Monk Hutch, the heat's rising, and this cartel's grip is slipping fast.

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