Kinahan Cartel – global players

The Irish Kinahan Cartel bizarrely allied with Iran and Hezbollah have been badly hit with two top level arrests and the seizure of a Kinahan-linked Iranian super-tanker by US special forces. American authorities are now seeking to confiscate the vessel and its €200m cargo of Iranian oil.  The Kinahan cartel originally developed ties to Iran in the 2000s to use them to launder drug money from the cocaine trade. But a former UK National Crime Agency director said recently “They ar