Orth Belfast MP John Finucane is the co-owner and high-profile lawyer of Belfast-based Finucane Toner, which in 2020 sent two legal letters on behalf of Daniel Kinahan, after being named head of one of the companies in the world. the biggest drug cartels. The letter – which was sent to Irish news outlets – asked what compensation they intended to pay the Dublin-born drug queen for allegedly engaging in drug trafficking and ordering multiple murders. John Finucane told Sunday Life in October 2020 that he was not representing Mr Kinahan and there was no indication that there was anything inappropriate in the company that had previously received instructions from him. On Tuesday, US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin said US authorities were offering a $ 5 million reward for information leading to the “financial disaster” of the Kinahan gang or the arrest and conviction of its leaders – Christy Kinahan Snr and sons of Daniel and Christopher Jnr. It was announced earlier that the US Treasury Department had further imposed a series of unprecedented sanctions on the Kinahan family and that some companies had been identified as linked to its operation. Sinn Féin’s president, Mary Lou MacDonald, took to Twitter to praise the Republic of Ireland police and US authorities for “a major blow to the Kinahan drug gang”. “There can be no safe haven for this vicious gang that has been haunting our communities for too long,” he said. When it came to answering a question about John Finucane’s previous dealings with Daniel Kinahan – and whether Ms. McDonald or Sinn Fein think they should apologize to Finucane Toner, who worked with the Dubai gangster – party responded only with Ms. The McDonald’s statement, which ignored any mention of Finucane, instead focused on congratulating the US authorities and the Garda.

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Sinn Fein MP John Finucane Sinn Fein MP John Finucane “Many families and communities throughout the city of Dublin and beyond will be relieved by today’s development. “So many young men have lost their lives in the senseless violence associated with this drug cartel.” “While justice remains to be done for a large number of bereaved families, there is a sense of relief that real progress is being made against an organization that has hunted down their communities for decades.” Mr Finucane told Sunday Life: “I do not represent Daniel Kinahan. Finucane Toner has previously issued two letters on his behalf, but is no longer receiving instructions. “ Finucane Toner has contacted further for a response, but has not responded at the time of publication. In a lengthy statement, the US Treasury Department said the Kinahan criminal gang was based in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United Arab Emirates. He described their operations as “a major transnational criminal organization”. As of February 2016, the gang had been embroiled in a vicious cycle against another group in Ireland and Spain, resulting in at least 18 murders, including two innocent passers-by. Daniel Kinahan has also become a well-known figure in professional boxing circles. He co-founded MTK Global, which represents a number of top boxing fighters, including Tyson Fury and many Belfast boxers, including Michael Conlan. Mr Kinahan said he had severed ties with the company in 2017, but during a BBC Panorama investigation into the 44-year-old last year, MTK said: “It is true that Mr Kinahan provides some personal advice to a number of boxers who managed by MTK Global “.