Russian citizens placed under sanctions amid the war in Ukraine took advantage of the network to disguise the origin of their cash and buy property in Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

Gardaí believe Eddie Hutch was shot in retaliation for the brutal murder of David Byrne

Michael Crotty (42) had admitted that in buying the €20 top-up he was reckless as to whether it would be used by the Kinahan criminal organisation in the commission of a serious offence

Michael O'Higgins SC asked the three-judge court to be "as lenient as circumstances permit" after Brady pleaded guilty to participating in the murder of Christopher (aka Noel) Kirwan.

The crimes investigated were committed in the Republic and are linked to the cartel’s drug-trafficking business and its dispute, which escalated into a bloody feud, with the Hutch gang.

Soldier says he received text messages saying gangland figures 'want a word with you'.

Byrne’s decision to fight extradition means a separate hearing will now take place where a defence lawyer will put forward reasons why he should not be made to return to the UK.

Over €1 million in assets were seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2018, which the bureau claims were acquired with the proceeds of crime

Mr Harris said the granting of permission by the High Court this week to seize a multimillion euro mansion from the Kinahan gang has given a morale boost to weary Garda officers.

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Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch has been charged with the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016

Gerard 'The Monk' Hutch is accused of the murder of Kinahan gang member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016