Crime boss Christy Kinahan is now worth more than €1 billion and has bought a huge cargo ship to courier drugs all around the world.
What happened?
Crime boss Christy Kinahan has purchased a huge cargo ship to run his drug empire. The vessel is reported to be used for couriering drugs.
The vessel is capable of carrying hundreds of 40ft containers loaded with contraband to dozens of countries.
The drug lord is using the ship to deliver legitimate goods such as cars and fruit – along with narcotics and guns worth millions of euro.
Dapper Don:
It is understood the “Dapper Don” registered the ship in Liberia, West Africa, and the vessel is difficult for authorities to track down.
A source told: “Christy Kinahan doesn’t have to smuggle drugs across borders anymore because he spent millions buying his own container ship. The ship can go all over the world stuffed with drugs and guns but also carries legitimate cargo products too.”
“He is the first criminal to buy one of these, with legitimate deliveries.”
“This ship is almost as big as three football fields.”
“But officers are finding it hard to pin down because there are so many of these same ships in ports across the world.”
The cartel of terror:
Kinahan, whose cartel is involved in a bloody feud with the Hutch family in Dublin which has claimed 11 lives, has also formed around 200 companies which extend to 20 countries.
It was always suspected his gang was involved in supposedly legitimate businesses but the sheer scale of it was revealed in a report by Milan-based Transcrime last October. It stated: “Food-trading companies, bars, and restaurants were set up in Ireland, Spain, and the UK for laundering and functional purposes.”
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Source: Dublin Live
