Thread by @klyraloc

War on the Kinahan cartel: ‘Fear of financing terrorism spurred US to join forces with gardaí’

Former top garda John O’Driscoll reveals concerns that #moneylaundering by Daniel Kinahan’s gang could fund terror groups.

#Ireland #OrganizedCrime

independent.ie/irish-news/cri…

Daniel Kinahan: The cartel boss is believed to have moved to #Iran - a place where 'organised crime groups are going to launder money'

Kinahan cartel used tiny Iranian island to launder dirty money and for holidays

It is understood that Christy Kinahan discovered Kish when he was first travelling in the Gulf.

#KinahanCartel #Iran

sundayworld.com/crime/irish-cr…

"Officers from America’s Drug Enforcement Agency (#DEA) following the trail of the Kinahan wealth have discovered how they used a tiny island off Iran known as the ‘Pearl of the Persian Gulf’ to wash and move their dirty money."

"Officers investigating Kinahan Cartel links to Iran and to the #Hezbollah terror group suspect that they were providing money laundering services for the two threats to US security."

"The looming spectre of Iran and the Kinahan links to it has been present since connections were made between the group and the #Dutch criminal Naoufal Fassih, who was discovered hiding out in a safe house in #Dublin in 2016."

"Fassih was wanted in connection with a number of gangland murders in Holland, including that of Mohammad Samadi who was an Iranian who had been sentenced to death by #Tehran but who was living in the #Netherlands."

"Detectives investigating the murder were convinced that it was a political assassination and that Fassih had carried it out for Tehran after the Kinahan group were asked to find a shooter."

14 Feb 2023: German police target George ‘The Penguin’ Mitchell in encrypted phone network investigation

#Germany #Ireland #OrganizedCrime
sundayworld.com/crime/special-…

"Mitchell, who goes by the name ‘Mr Green’, is understood to be the 71-year-old Irishman listed as part of five major suspects behind the Exclu network, which was taken down by police months after it was secretly hacked by Dutch police."

"It was developed over several years in an underground bunker in Germany’s Mosel Valley and Mitchell is suspected of being one of the owners of the system as well as the senior sales executive whose reputation sold the promise of privacy to 3,000 users."

"Police believe the system was being used by gangs involved in top-level organised crime, mainly based in the #Netherlands but also in Sweden, France, #Germany and #Italy."

"Mitchell’s long-term friend and business partner Hermann Johann Xennt, from the Netherlands, a Polish software developer, a Spanish tech expert and another unidentified individual are under investigation for their roles in #Exclu."

"Xennt is currently serving a sentence for his role in the German bunker, which was raided in 2019 by 650 police. There they discovered numerous computer servers and found that it was a secret hub of #darknet activities, including drug dealing, pornography and weapons."

Police officers "also claim he may have been involved in a #KinahanCartel murder in 2014 and had a role in the feud between the mob and the Hutch gang."

"Throughout the investigation into activities in the bunker, files detailed that Mitchell is ‘hierarchically’ above others."

.@threadreaderapp unroll