It’s been a five-year war on organised crime that has changed the landscape of the underworld and how An Garda Síochána should fight gangland in Ireland forever.
Never before has a relentless campaign against one mob been so successful in terms of convictions, seizures and as a message from the State that there is no tolerance of any level of criminality when it comes to drug wars.
More than 60 men and women are now behind bars as a direct result of Kinahan mafia feud activity. Many others in jail on unrelated offences have identified themselves as being affiliated to the Organised Crime Group, while 30 are serving time for gun crimes ordered by mob bosses.
Crime Correspondent
Organised crime groups are becoming more violent and increasingly using lethal violence which represents a threat to public security in the European Union.
That s the warning from a new report entitled The use of violence by organised crime groups’ published by Europol, the European law enforcement agency.
The report has also found that while violence by criminal gangs in Europe is increasing, the cost of contract killings has dropped.
Cheaper contract killings
The cost of a contract killing varies in different European countries depending on who is doing it and where it is being done. However, Europol says it is now becoming cheaper to have someone killed. The cost for a contract killing varies between €10,000 and €100,000 based on figures supplied by different European law enforcement agencies but a hit currently costs much less than previously because more and more inexperienced and younger criminals are willing to carry them out.
fit to kill
Daniel Kinahan ran out of patience with hit team during Gary Hanley murder plot as kill squad prepared by doing hot yoga
Exclusive
10 Jan 2021, 8:30
MOBSTER Daniel Kinahan heaped pressure onto his Cartel hit team after running out of patience over their delay in carrying out his orders, we can reveal.
Investigators believe Kinahan is the man referred to as ‘D’ by Liam Brannigan, 38, in a number of conversations he had with sidekick Dean Howe, 35, during the gang’s plan to murder Dublin criminal Gary Hanley.
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Gary HanleyCredit: Padraig O Reilly
Officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau believe they have obtained a unique insight into Kinahan’s personality thanks to a listening device installed in Brannigan’s Renault Laguna.