Sanctions Against Ireland’s Top Drug Trafficker May end “Super Cartel’ Allegations
Recent sanctions imposed by the United States on the Kinahan Clan, arguably Ireland’s most powerful organized crime group, have brought to the fore this group’s role in cocaine trafficking between South America, the United States, Europe and beyond. On April 11, the US Treasury Department designated Irish national Daniel Kinahan and six of his associates for smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe as part of the powerful drug trafficking syndicate known as the “Kinahan Clan,” among other things. “Daniel Kinahan, who sources large quantities of cocaine from South America, plays an integral part in organizing the supply of drugs…