THE CARTEL
The definitive account of the rise of the Kinahan gang and the feud that has shocked the nation
If his trade wasn’t drugs, guns, money-laundering and murder, Christy Kinahan would be acclaimed as one of Ireland’s top businessmen. For Kinahan presides over a global multinational with operations on every continent and a turnover in the billions. He is Ireland’s most successful criminal.
Kinahan kept a low profile as he grew his empire. But a 2010 police raid on the cartel in Spain, the UK and Ireland brought him to public notoriety. By then, he and his sons Daniel and Christopher Jr were among the richest men in Europe, with an estimated joint worth of €750 million.
Events in February 2016 made Kinahan a household name. A daring and deadly gun attack in a Dublin hotel - targeting Daniel Kinahan, who escaped - exposed the depth of enmity between the Kinahans and the family and associates of veteran Dublin criminal Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch. Despite an intense police crackdown on the gangsters’ activities, the body count continued to rise.
The Cartel gives the behind-the-scenes story of the battle to bring them down. The authors have had exclusive access to the two years of wiretaps carried out by Spanish authorities on the gang and spoke to the key investigators. They expose the criminal clan’s aims and actions in their own words and unveil the surprising truths behind how they built their empire.