The United States government announced a crackdown last week on Daniel Kinahan, the alleged crime lord at the helm of Ireland’s most notorious organized crime group who is also a prominent figure in the world of combat sports.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Kinahan Organized Crime Group along with several of its key members, including Kinahan himself. Sanctions were also issued against Hoopoe Sports, a sports management and advisory company based in the United Arab Emirates—where Kinahan currently resides—for ties to the Kinahan cartel.
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