Organized crime: Alleged leader of the Kinahan clan group flown out to Ireland
The criminal organisation is notorious in Ireland. It is said to have controlled drug and arms smuggling for decades. Now the alleged leader is to be brought before court.
Berlin. The alleged leader of a criminal organization significant across Europe is to be brought before judges in Ireland. According to the British news agency PA, a government plane landed in Ireland – it is connected to the extradition of the alleged gangster from Dubai. He was reportedly arrested in the United Arab Emirates in the spring.
According to the Irish broadcaster RTÉ, the accused is to be taken directly to a court in Dublin and then to a high-security prison. The man is reportedly considered the alleged leader of the notorious organized Kinahan clan group in Ireland. The 49-year-old is suspected of having led the criminal association, which is said to have committed serious crimes in connection with organized crime. The group is linked, among other things, to decades of drug and arms smuggling.
According to the BBC, it is reportedly the son of the founder of the criminal organization. The gang is said to have emerged in the 1990s. The British broadcaster BBC reported that the accused's lawyer stated that the allegations that he was a gangster boss were false.
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