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WBC President calls Dubai meeting with Daniel Kinahan ‘innocent mistake’

The World Boxing Council is doing damage control after President Mauricio Sulaimán was pictured posing with Daniel Kinahan in March. The picture, which also includes controversial promoter Ahmet Öner, was reportedly taking in Dubai after a boxing show.

Kinahan was recently sanctioned by the US government for his suspected role in leading the Kinahan Organized Crime Group. The KOCG is accused of trafficking cocaine into Ireland and operating in the UK, mainland Europe and Oceania. The KOCG is also believed to be responsible for a slew of killings across Ireland and Spain as part of the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud.