National Crime Agency

Kinahan crime boss plans to lead ‘honest life’ once released, sentence hearing told

Liam Byrne and fellow senior Kinahan crime group member Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh are before a court in London over weapons plot

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 14:00

Liam Byrne and Thomas Kavanagh firearms trial set to begin in Old Bailey

Case follows interception by National Crime Agency of messages on the secretive EncroChat system favoured by criminals

Mon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00

Convicted cigarette smuggler ordered to explain source of funds used to build house

UK’s National Crime Agency obtained order at Belfast High Court in first use of an unexplained wealth order in Northern Ireland

Fri May 17 2024 - 20:01

Jailed senior Kinahan gang member should not be extradited to UK, High Court hears

Peter ‘Peadar’ Keating is facing life imprisonment in UK for allegedly attempting to pervert the course of justice

Wed Mar 20 2024 - 19:06

Kinahan cartel collapse: ‘They’re in disarray because they don’t know what’s next and who’s next’

The arrest of Liam Byrne, former main man for the Kinahans in Ireland, is a serious blow to the cartel’s status in the global underworld

Sat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00

Irishman jailed in UK for shipping cocaine and drug money ordered to pay €725,000 to Britain’s NCA

Thomas Maher (42) was arrested in 2019, but never charged, when 39 Vietnamese people found dead in truck in Essex after botched people smuggling operation

Tue May 23 2023 - 17:00

Christy Kinahan attended humanitarian conference in Egypt as ‘legitimate’ businessman

The drug trafficker posed as a ‘legitimate’ businessman and sought to buy $8m worth of planes in Egypt

Sat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00

Garda to use facial recognition technology

Civil liberties groups have previously voiced worries over surveillance and discrimination

Wed May 25 2022 - 00:01

Former Dublin Airport policeman jailed again for smuggling gang money

Mark Adams (42) was on career break when he was first caught with almost €600,000

Thu May 05 2022 - 19:25

US joins fight against Irish cartel as rewards of €15m offered

Kinahans ranked among top target of American law enforcement agencies

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 16:42

Thomas Kavanagh profile – Kinahan ally to UK drugs smuggler

Career criminal set to serve about half of the 21-year sentence handed down on Monday

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 16:29

Thomas Kavanagh jailed for 21 years for smuggling drugs into UK

Kinahan cartel imported drugs inside machinery, then exported machines full of cash

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 11:24

Senior Kinahan associate Gary Vickery arrested in Spain

Dubliner facing sentencing for importing millions worth of drugs into UK

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 16:10

Ex-model, airport policeman from Dublin extradited to North over money laundering

Man faces charges linked to €180,000 found in his luggage at Belfast Airport in 2018

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 19:19

Irish truck driver arrested after €6m worth of drugs found in chocolate cargo

Man (64) stopped at Channel Tunnel in France with shipment bound for Kent

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 17:23

Man arrested in relation to Essex lorry deaths

Police in Milan charge 27-year-old with conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration

Thu Jun 10 2021 - 20:58

UK police investigate death of Irish woman who was in psychiatric care

Margaret Molyneux’s daughter claims high dose of drug led to difficulty swallowing and choking

Thu Jun 03 2021 - 17:02

Dark web ‘dump sites’ being monitored for HSE data after hack

Expert says it is ‘highly unlikely’ gang believed to be based in Russia will be caught

Tue May 18 2021 - 01:10

Cabinet to be briefed over fears patients’ data will be ‘abused’ by cybercriminals

Disruption caused by cyberattack likely to continue ‘well into this week’

Tue May 18 2021 - 00:07

100 extra gardaí bolster Cab as ‘eyes and ears’ to spot criminal wealth

Special training in cryptocurrency as Garda seeks to keep pace with organised gangs

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 21:30

Newton Emerson: Compromise on Northern Ireland protocol may be needed

Law and order not enough to halt loyalist protests driven by crime and politics

Thu Apr 08 2021 - 01:00

Garda can now send data to EU police agency for decryption

Tackling criminals’ use of technology is ‘an international effort’, Garda says

Wed Feb 24 2021 - 19:13

Cocaine worth estimated €1.86m seized at Belfast port

Drugs seizure is ‘one of the biggest’ to be made by authorities in North in recent years

Wed Feb 24 2021 - 12:24

Spanish police raid cannabis grow house linked to John Gilligan

Four arrested in raids targeting operation believed run by former Dublin gangland boss

Wed Feb 10 2021 - 15:07

Pro-Brexit campaign Leave.EU relocates to Waterford

Campaign migrates registered office for its website so it can retain .eu internet address

Fri Jan 08 2021 - 13:16

Nama’s former head of assets recovery not to be charged over Project Eagle

Ronnie Hanna among six people told by Northern prosecution service they would not be prosecuted

Sun Dec 13 2020 - 20:33

Garda cybercrime unit to get funding boost in fight against organised crime

Personnel to be hired from technology firms and new decryption machines to be used

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 01:00

Arrest in Spain halts John Gilligan’s efforts to get back into Irish drugs trade

Veteran Dublin criminal had been trying to expand drug and gun smuggling operation

Thu Oct 29 2020 - 18:08

Ex-GAA player had up to €386,000 transferred to Dubai bank, court told

Peter Loughran granted bail on drugs charges after €33,000 cash surety lodged

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 17:56

Drugs and gun seized amid arrest of John Gilligan in Spain

Spanish police are investigating whether recovered weapon was used in Guerin murder

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 16:06

Slavery: Number of victims in Northern Ireland doubles in one year

PSNI says slavery happens ‘in plain sight’ on farms, at car washes, in nail bars

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 00:02

Drugs seized in Holyhead valued at £6m were ‘destined for Northern Ireland’

Haul part of £8m in drugs seized in various operations involving PSNI this month

Mon Oct 12 2020 - 23:04

High style and low morals: The links between fashion and crime

The world of fashion has some long-standing links with the criminal underworld

Sat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00

Irish haulier to be sentenced in UK for drug smuggling, money laundering

Thomas Maher (39) is told he will likely be given a ‘substantial’ prison sentence

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 17:42