Police officers investigating the activities of the Kinahan crime cartel believe that they have enough evidence from intrusive surveillance to file charges against Daniel Kinahan, the son of gang founder Christy.
The evidence was gathered during an international police inquiry into the activities of Rico Vega, 42, a Chilean drugs trafficker who was arrested at the Hyatt hotel in Santiago shortly after arriving on a flight from Dubai last November.
Dutch police are seeking Vega’s extradition from South America to stand trial for serious offences, following investigations into the activities of Moroccan criminals based in Holland, Belgium and Spain. Kinahan’s name is said to feature in hundreds of incriminating emails, texts, telephone calls and conversations secretly recorded and intercepted by Dutch police.