US sanctions Kinahan Cartel - update V

The Kinahans are said to be furious at caged Johnny Morrissey for going against their instructions on how to launder their drug money. Cop intelligence sources say boss Daniel Kinahan blames Morrissey for drawing attention with his high-profile Nero Vodka company. Morrissey, 62 was pinched by Spain’s Guardia Civil in September. Morrissey and wife Nicola, Nero Vodka’s CEO, hosted lavish bashes.

Nicola was released.

Nicola gave interviews about how the business was expanding into the US.

One of the couple’s promotions was a Gladiator-themed party, held at Marbella’s five-star Puente Romano Hotel. Last year Nero Vodka sponsored a UK gangster movie, Rise Of The Footsoldier 4.

See ----->Lavish wedding of Kinahan mobster’s moll Morrissey

Daniel Kinahan resided on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah.

The Criminal Assets Bureau in Ireland served proceedings on Daniel Kinahan at addresses in the USA and Dubai by registered mail. The High Court granted an order allowing it after gardai said it would be difficult to do so personally. They aim to sell off the luxury Dublin mansion at 10 Coldwater Lakes, in Saggart, Dublin which they say is owned and controlled by Kinahan.

Those who breach sanctions imposed on mob boss Daniel Kinahan and his associates face fines of up to $1m and a maximum 20 years in a US prison. US banks and companies cannot do business with the Kinahan crime group anywhere in the world. Christy Kinahan and his sons may already have been charged during US court proceedings under a sealed indictment. MTK Global shut down.

Daniel Kinahan, Christopher Kinahan Jr and Christopher Kinahan Sr

The UAE has frozen the assets of the Kinahan cartel. The asset freeze includes all personal and corporate bank accounts in the kingdom. Two companies, Hoopoe Sports and Ducashew General Trading, are based in Dubai. Among the seven individuals and companies sanctioned by the US Treasury is Daniel Kinahan, his father Christy, and brother Christopher Jr. The DEA has offered rewards of up to $5m for information leading to the arrest of any of the three Kinahans. The Kinahan cartel is one of the world's largest crime groups. The gang, which used Dubai as a HQ for its business, operates in Ireland, the UK, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. The intervention of the US is seen as a major blow to their operation.

Daniel Kinahan has become a figure in boxing circles. Despite Kinahan's well known links to the drug trade, boxing chiefs have defended his involvement with the sport. World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaimán offered his "full backing" to the Irish drug kingpin. On April 8 Kinahan claimed any allegations of criminality are part of a smear campaign against him and his family. Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh, the top man in the UK for the Kinahans, was jailed for 21 years.

Sean McGovern, 36, was wounded in the attack at the Regency Hotel. He is described by the US as “Daniel Kinahan’s advisor and closest confidant”. It further states that “evidence indicates that all dealings with Daniel Kinahan go through Sean McGovern”. McGovern's house in Crumlin, Dublin, was seized in 2020. He subsequently moved to Dubai. Dubliner Ian Dixon, 32 is also in Dubai. He is described as a key man. Dixon “owns or controls, directly or indirectly” the Hoopoe Sports company in UAE.

Bernard Patrick Clancy, 44, is in Dubai and Spain. He is a key lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel. John ‘Johnny’ Morrissey, 62, Spain. The US says Morrissey is involved in money laundering. Morrissey is the owner or controller of the Scottish-based Nero Drinks Company Ltd, which sells luxury alcoholic drinks and is one of the three companies on the US sanctions list. Morrissey uses his wife to front his operation.

See ----->Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh = 21 years in slammer

Timothy H. Holland tells B.C. to 'kiss my ass' after stealing timber

Timothy Holland, dba Bigfoot Forest Products was granted a licence in 2016 to harvest damaged timber in a section of the Great Bear Rainforest in the territory of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation. On Oct. 6, 2020, Holland was ordered to stop work after the Ministry of Forests found that most of Holland’s harvest sites were outside his licence area. In six of those sites, standing trees were felled. He left threatening text and voice messages with ministry staff after being busted.

Holland did not defend himself but he had a message — “kiss my ass”.

Holland has been hit with a $132k fine for illegal harvesting after initially being fined $12k, far less than the timber was worth. The commission found Holland "directed his employees to cut and remove timber outside of his authorized area, and did so deliberately and repeatedly.” The Great Bear Rainforest is the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest and stretches from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the Alaska border. The illegal logging took place in Loughborough Inlet, about 50 km north of Campbell River.
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Cocaine in hair extensions

Body scans revealed the objects in their hair. About 2 kilos of cocaine was recovered.

Two women were arrested in Colombia for trying to smuggle cocaine in their hair extensions. The women, who sported elaborate hairstyles, were busted at two separate airports.

UK drug queenpin Henna Ashraf busted

Henna Ashraf, 25, was a drug queenpin who ran her own 'county lines' drug operation, selling crack cocaine and heroin on Snapchat. The drug boss from Harborne, Birmingham, enjoyed being pampered, even coughing up £500 for a haircut. She enjoyed flashing her wealth on social media, posting photos of cash.

When cops investigated, Snapchat messages boasting about her life as a drug dealer emerged. Her elaborate lifestyle came crashing down when she was pulled over while driving her silver Mercedes down the M5 on December 9, 2020. Ashraf was convicted and will be sentenced on December 20. She faces an extended prison sentence.

Head Hunters versus Mongols in New Zealand

A feud between Auckland gangs boiled over into a shooting at the five-star Sofitel Viaduct Harbour. 19 gangsters now face serious charges. 7 of those busted are members of the Mongols, whose Kiwi presence has grown with the arrival of 501 deportees from Australia.

Six Head Hunters members and half a dozen associates have been charged. A senior Mongols member was shot in a strip club this spring. A Head Hunters clubhouse was then riddled with bullets and a garage firebombed. Its said the most recent violence resulted from a biker 'patching over' to a rival. Written on the wall of the Head Hunters’ clubhouse is a quote from The Godfather that says: “Real power can’t be given. It must be taken.”

Dublin mob boss Jeffrey Mitchell found dead

Mobster Jeffrey Mitchell, 49, was found dead in a Dublin hostel of a suspected heroin overdose. €50,000 worth of heroin was discovered. Mitchell was one of the most prolific heroin dealers in Dublin in the late 1990s and early 2000s. “He was probably tasting too much of his product. He got carried away on his own as he would be. He was one evil man. He was flooding Dublin with drugs before the Kinahans kicked in." said one. “He is no loss to society. He had over 70 convictions and is suspected of two murders." In his prime Mitchell was feared on the streets of Dublin.

Former Playboy model guilty of killing sugar daddy

Former Playboy model Kelsey Turner was accused of murdering California psychiatrist Thomas Burchard, 71, and stuffing his body in the trunk of a car after he stopped paying her rent. She has accepted a plea deal and a guilty verdict on a second-degree murder charge.

Turner and her boyfriend beat Burchard to death with a baseball bat, and stuffed his body into the trunk of her Mercedes Benz on a desert road in Nevada. Turner is facing 10 to 25 years in prison when she’s sentenced in January. Jon Logan Kennison pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 18 to 45 years in prison.

Mongols, Outlaws clash in Chicago

On Nov. 6, four Outlaws and a member of the Mongol Nation MC were shot at a bar where the Mongols were celebrating a birthday. As many as 20 Outlaws walked into the bar at 5147 S. Archer Ave. looking for payback for a shooting last year, during a brawl with the Mongols in Berwyn. Most of the bikers who were shot Nov. 6 weren’t seriously injured, but an Outlaws member was left in critical condition after being shot in the chest. Bikers haven’t cooperated with cops and there are no arrests. Based in California, Mongols arrived in Chicago in the past few years, antagonizing Outlaws, who consider the city their turf.

Before the 2021 shooting in Berwyn, the Mongols paraded their motorcycles around the Outlaws’ South Side fortress in an act of provocation. The Outlaws and Mongols shared dislike for the Hells Angels helped them form a loose alliance at times. That is over in Chicago and cops expect more conflict. Though Mongols have been wearing their colours in Chicago, they apparently haven’t established a clubhouse in the city.

Ontario man Mikhail Vasiliev nailed for LockBit ransomware

Mikhail Vasiliev, 33, dual Russian and Canadian, has been arrested for the LockBit ransomware scam. Cops seized 8 computers, 32 external hard drives, and €400k in crypto. The DoJ unsealed a criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey charging Vasiliev with participating in LockBit’s attacks. "LockBit has been deployed against at least as many as 1,000 victims in the United States and around the world. LockBit members have made at least $100m in ransom demands and have extracted tens of millions of dollars in ransom payments from victims." The FBI has been investigating the LockBit conspiracy since March 2020.

When cops raided Mikhail Vasiliev’s home, 60 km north of Toronto, on Oct. 26, they found him sitting in the garage at a table with an open laptop. Police restrained him before he could lock the device. On the open laptop, police found a browser window with open tabs including one titled “LockBit LOGIN,” at a site hosted on a dark web domain. Vasiliev appeared in court in Barrie Thursday on the US extradition request, a hearing was adjourned for next week.

Vasiliev is the mastermind behind LockBit, a notorious extortion tool.

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano Nov 24, 1897 – Jan 26, 1962

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the US. He was the first official boss of the Genovese crime family. He, along with Meyer Lansky, were key players in the development of the National Crime Syndicate.

Meyer Lansky

Prohibition was kind to Luciano and his partners. By 1925 they ran the largest bootlegging operation in New York and grossed $12m per year, a massive figure. In 1929 luciano was abducted at gunpoint, beaten, stabbed with an ice pick, had his throat slashed and was left for dead. He survived with a droopy eye and a nickname well earned.

In April 1931, Luciano and two other gang members, Albert Anastasia and Bugsy Siegel, murdered their leader, Joe Masseria. Six months later, with the help of Meyer Lansky, Luciano arranged the killing of Salvatore Maranzano. Luciano was now the most important criminal boss in New York. He joined with Louis Lepke Buchalter, Abe Reles and Albert Anastasia to form Murder Incorporated: executioners for hire.

Luciano was charged with prostitution and received 30 to 50 years in 1936. He maintained control of the syndicate during incarceration. In return for assisting the allies, Luciano was granted commutation and was deported to Italy where he resumed control over the US mob.

Charles "Lucky" Luciano escorted into court June 18, 1936.

Unlike most of his peers, Luciano died of natural causes.

In 1962, he suffered a fatal heart attack in Naples airport. He was shipped back to the United States and buried in St. John's Cemetery in New York.

In 1998, Time named Luciano as the "criminal mastermind" among the top 20 most influential builders and titans of the 20th century.

See ---->Murder, Incorporated