Gangland v State-Causes, Current Scene & Solutions *No shootings talk unless related to thread topic

evolvingtipperary101

Exploring State Responses in Major Gangland Cases - past and present - such as in the Kinahan Cartel & Limerick Feud era.

Was the state's role in the Limerick Feud a success?

What do you think of the state's response to major gangland activities, such as the Kinahan's current alleged connections to Hezbollah and international money-laundering, and how these have drawn a concerted response from both Irish and international law enforcement. Extradition and global cooperation is a hot topic, and we can talk about these without delving into the specifics of violent incidents unless directly relevant.

Hutch is out and laughing. Will the Kinihan's still be laughing this time next year?

Gardaí hope to have an agreement with the United Arab Emirates in place within weeks to extradite the Kinahans from Dubai to stand trial. Will this really happen?

Del2005

The war on dtiugs was lost decades ago. Take out one gang and another takes over who are worse than the gang you just took out, Escobar was right.

evolvingtipperary101

Speaking on a new Financial Times podcast called ‘Hot Money – The New Narcos’, retired Garda Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll said the Irish mob’s ties to Hezbollah were their downfall.

It is believed Hezbollah are providing a money-laundering service for some of the world’s biggest drug cartels through an informal money transfer system called Hawala.

John O’Driscoll – who headed up the force’s operations against the Kinahans following the Regency Hotel attack – said the gardai provided intelligence they had gathered on the links with the US government.

"I would’ve been privy to the intelligence that we had gathered ourselves in Ireland.

"And then other jurisdictions had gathered additional information and bit by bit the jigsaw was being put together in terms of establishing how significant, in fact, the Kinahans were on the global stage.

“As time emerged, and as the eyes of US law enforcement more generally were focused on the Kinahans, it was realised that the money laundering associated with that drugs empire involved the Kinahans utilising organisations that may potentially have links to international terrorism.”

He added: “Well that would be a conclusion that would be reached primarily by the US authorities, having been satisfied, having received initially information from the Irish law enforcement, UK law enforcement, and they then pursuing that line of inquiry would then have, concluded that in fact there is potential that, there, there is a financing of activity that could be associated with the Iranian state."

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Just change policy.

Sephiroth_dude

Mod

There's already a gangland thread, closed.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058103388/gangland-shootings-part-4-read-op-before-posting-updated-30-12-23/p1