An Ireland-based Chinese Organised Crime Group has been providing a route for Irish drug traffickers to launder cash generated through a Kinahan cartel-linked criminal, the High Court has heard.
The Kinahan cartel-linked criminal then made the money available to criminals outside of the country, the court heard. A total of 13 members of the Chinese OCG - based in Dublin and Wicklow - have been identified including the leading member of the organisation.
The CAB established the leader was head of the ‘International Controller Network’ in Ireland and was observed in the company of a convicted drug dealer who CAB alleges has historic links with Christy Kinahan Snr. The CAB also established that the Chinese OCG was involved in facilitating, storing and transporting cash on behalf of the convicted drug dealer.
