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Daniel Kinahan narrowly avoided a criminal conviction in Ireland after his arrest over a seizure of cash which included forged notes, new court documents show.
The mob known as ‘The Family’ have been listed as one of the top targets in the Garda’s fight against organised crime for 2021 as transport issues surrounding Covid-19 and Brexit hammer their supply and money-laundering chains.
The gang headed by drug dealer Brian Grendon have grown at an unprecedented level over the past five years and are now estimated to be wholesaling 50 kilos of heroin a-month in a business turning over €20 million a-year.
But the twin forces of the Garda’s Drug and Organised Crime Bureau and worsening transport problems due to border controls from Brexit and European coronavirus lockdowns are expected to chip away at profits.