Irish businessman and reported gang boss Daniel Kinahan has been placed under sanctions after US officials announced a raft of measures against the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. Tyson Fury has been spotted in recent weeks with Kinahan in Dubai, which is part of a long-term relationship between Fury and Kinahan as the founder of the MTK Global management company, for whom Fury is its most high-profile client.
Kinahan is one of seven individuals who has been sanctioned by the US treasury, with officials saying that Kinahan he "is believed to run the day-to-day operations of the organisation". They also described the group as 'murderous' amid links to international drugs and firearms trafficking and money laundering.
The Irishman's father Christopher Snr and brother Christopher Jnr have also been sanctioned in the move which also freezes the assets of three businesses owned by the group. The sanctions also mean that anyone in or transiting in the United States will be banned from dealing with them as well as a ban on dealing in US Dollars, the main currency in boxing promotion - of which Kinahan holds an interest.
