27 Facts About Daniel Kinahan

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Daniel Joseph Kinahan was born on 25 June 1977 and is an Irish boxing promoter and suspected crime boss.

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Daniel Kinahan has been named by the High Court of Ireland as a senior figure in organised crime on a global scale.

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The Criminal Assets Bureau has stated he "controlled and managed" the operations of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, a criminal organisation which smuggles drugs and firearms into Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe, and "has associations that facilitate international criminal activity in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America".

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The Daniel Kinahan Cartel has had an ongoing feud with the Hutch Gang.

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Daniel Kinahan was born in Dublin on 25 June 1977, the eldest son of Jean Boylan and Christy Daniel Kinahan.

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Daniel Kinahan's father is a high powered convicted drug dealer who was widely reported to be the founder and leader of the Kinahan Cartel.

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Daniel Kinahan grew up in Tallaght and then returned to Dublin, where he lived in Oliver Bond flats in the Liberties area.

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Daniel Kinahan was arrested in Spain in 2010 during a joint operation between Spanish, Irish, and British authorities, in which the British Serious Organised Crime Agency deployed more than 200 officers in the arrest phase of the multinational drug trafficking inquiry.

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Daniel Kinahan was the reported target of the 2016 Regency Hotel Shooting in Dublin, in which three people were shot, including 32-year-old Daniel Kinahan associate David Byrne, who was shot dead.

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Daniel Kinahan has been the target of at least one more assassination attempt.

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In 2018, a Spanish police officer told a court in Marbella that Daniel Kinahan had ordered the murder of gang rival Gary Hutch on the Costa del Sol in 2015.

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Daniel Kinahan is banned from entering the US, having been placed on a list of "narco terrorists", compiled by the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Daniel Kinahan is reported to be a target for the UK's National Crime Agency.

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In 2012, Daniel Kinahan founded MTK Global with Irish boxer Matthew Macklin in Marbella, Spain.

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In 2017, in the wake of the shooting of David Byrne of which Daniel Kinahan was considered the main target, MTK Global claimed to have cut its ties with Daniel Kinahan.

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Fury publicly thanked Daniel Kinahan for helping to broker the agreement.

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That is why Daniel Kinahan will have our full support in his quest to bring benefits to boxing.

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Also in June 2020, Daniel Kinahan, who served as a "special adviser" to KHK Sports was dropped from the role after just a month.

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On 8 February 2021, Daniel Kinahan issued a statement to Talksport in the UK denying that he was part of any criminal organisation.

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Daniel Kinahan denied making threats to a journalist and confirmed that he was still involved in boxing.

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Daniel Kinahan claimed the Panorama programme "was a rehash of unsubstantiated allegations that have been made previously on many occasions".

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Daniel Kinahan criticised the Special Criminal Court and said he had no convictions.

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Daniel Kinahan has never contested findings of fact made against him in Irish courts.

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Daniel Kinahan alleged that after Diaz won the world championship in 2020 MTK had offered him an advance of $100,000 in breach of a five-year contract the boxer had signed with HBM.

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Herrida alleges that Daniel Kinahan founded MTK Global as a "front business" to launder illicit proceeds from drug trafficking and that despite claims that Daniel Kinahan is no longer involved with the organisation he is still "influencing and controlling" it.

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26.

Daniel Kinahan has to file a response with the United States District Court for the Central District of California or face judgement being entered against him by default.

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Daniel Kinahan was married in May 2017 at the Burj Al Arab.