2026年8月9日 美国东部时间下午2:12 / 美联社
一名被指控为爱尔兰有组织犯罪团伙头目者已从迪拜被引渡回爱尔兰，将面临其操控着一个触角延伸至英国、西班牙和美国的国际毒品走私与洗钱帝国的指控。
航班追踪数据显示，一架爱尔兰空军飞机于周日晚间降落在都柏林郊外的一座军用机场，此前阿拉伯联合酋长国的法院驳回了阻止引渡此人的申请。
据爱尔兰广播公司RTE报道，这架飞机上搭载的据信是49岁的丹尼尔·金汉，他预计将被直接送往都柏林的特别刑事法院，面临指挥有组织犯罪集团的指控。随后他将被关押在首都西南约90英里处的高安全级别波特劳伊斯监狱。
爱尔兰特别刑事法院负责审理所有有组织犯罪和恐怖主义案件，以及检察官认为普通法院不足以确保“有效司法公正”的其他案件。此类案件由三名法官组成的合议庭审理，无需陪审团。
爱尔兰媒体报道称，一场大规模安全行动已启动，以确保金汉能够接受司法审判。RTE报道称，此次行动将包括武装警察、武装部队成员和监狱服务人员——后者近期新增了一辆防爆押运车，用于押送有组织犯罪嫌疑人、恐怖分子和其他高风险囚犯。
此次安保升级之际，有指控称金汉家族正与另一个爱尔兰有组织犯罪团伙展开血腥帮派火并。
美国财政部2022年在对金汉犯罪团伙的6名成员及3家关联企业实施制裁时表示：“自2016年2月以来，（金汉有组织犯罪集团）一直在爱尔兰和西班牙与另一团伙进行帮派火并，造成多人被杀，其中包括两名无辜旁观者。”
在过去十年中，爱尔兰警方在英国、西班牙和美国执法部门的协助下，一直在追查金汉犯罪团伙的成员。警方指控该团伙走私了价值数千万美元的非法毒品，包括可卡因和大麻，以及枪支进入欧洲，随后通过一系列看似合法的企业网络对赃款进行洗钱。
美国财政部表示，丹尼尔·金汉据信在迪拜的基地指挥该团伙的日常运作。其中包括从南美洲“大量采购可卡因”，组织其在爱尔兰的分销，并试图向英国走私毒品。
美国财政部还称，金汉还曾指示团伙成员向多名在押人员递送钱款，其中包括一名因代表该组织企图谋杀他人而被定罪的男子。
2022年3月，金汉犯罪集团在英国的头目托马斯·“轰炸机”·卡瓦纳因策划向英国境内运送毒品罪名成立，被判处21年监禁。另外两名同伙分别被判处20年和19.5年监禁。
英国国家犯罪署在卡瓦纳宣判时表示，在调查过程中，警方在英吉利海峡多佛尔港一处装有追踪装置的沥青清理设备中查获了15公斤可卡因和220公斤大麻。
卡瓦纳居住在伯明翰东北部塔姆沃思的一栋豪宅内，该豪宅配备防弹玻璃和加固门。犯罪署称，警方2019年突袭该房产时，查获了大量武器和3.5万英镑各种币种的现金，其中包括阿联酋迪拉姆和欧元，以及英镑。
2022年9月，西班牙警方突袭了太阳海岸马拉加的一处房产后，逮捕了一名涉嫌为金汉犯罪集团洗钱的爱尔兰男子。
英国犯罪署协助了此次调查，据其透露，该团伙涉嫌在英国、西班牙和直布罗陀注册公司，随后创建一个伏特加品牌，在太阳海岸的酒吧和夜总会推广，以此掩盖其收入来源。
该署当时表示：“金汉有组织犯罪网络跨越国界，这就是为什么此类国际执法行动必不可少。”
Suspected Irish crime boss with operation that reached U.S. extradited from Dubai
August 9, 2026 2:12 PM EDT / AP
The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang has been extradited to Ireland from Dubai to face charges that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain and the U.S.
Air Tracker data showed an Irish Air Corps plane from Dubai landing Sunday evening at a military airport on the outskirts of Dublin after courts in the United Arab Emirates refused to block his extradition.
The plane is believed to be carrying Daniel Kinahan, 49, who is expected to be taken directly to the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, where he will face charges of directing an organized crime group. He will then be held at the high-security Portlaoise Prison about 90 miles southwest of the capital, Irish broadcaster RTE reported.
Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell, where Daniel Kinahan is due to arrive after being extradited from Dubai, to face a charge of directing an organized crime group. Damien Eagers/PA Images via Getty Images
Ireland’s Special Criminal Court handles all organized crime and terrorism cases, as well as others where prosecutors believe the ordinary courts are inadequate to ensure the “effective administration of justice.” Cases are heard by a panel of three judges without a jury.
Irish media report that a huge security operation was underway to ensure Kinahan faces justice. It will include armed police, members of the armed forces and the prison service — which recently acquired a bombproof escort van to transport organized crime suspects, terrorists and other high-risk prisoners, Irish broadcaster RTE reported.
The security precautions come amid allegations that the Kinahans are engaged in a bloody gang war with another Irish organized crime group.
“Since February 2016, the (Kinahan Organized Crime Group) has been involved in a gang war with another group in Ireland and Spain, resulting in numerous murders, including of two innocent bystanders,” the U.S. Treasury Department said in 2022, when it sanctioned six members of the Kinahan gang and three businesses linked to it.
Irish police, with the help of authorities in Britain, Spain and the U.S., have been pursuing members of the Kinahan gang for the past decade. They allege that the gang smuggled tens of millions of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs, including cocaine and cannabis, as well as guns into Europe, then used a network of apparently legitimate enterprises to launder the profits.
Daniel Kinahan is believed to have run the day-to-day operations of the gang from his base in Dubai, the U.S. Treasury said. That includes buying “large quantities of cocaine” from South America, organizing its distribution in Ireland and attempting to smuggle drugs into the U.K., the agency said.
Kinahan has also instructed gang members to deliver money to a number of people in prison, including one who was convicted of attempting to murder someone on behalf of the organization, the U.S. Treasury said.
In March of 2022, the head of the Kinahan organization in Britain, Thomas “Bomber” Kavanagh, was sentenced to 21 years in prison after he was convicted of orchestrating drug shipments into the U.K. Two other men were sentenced to 20 years and 19 1/2 years for their part in the crimes.
In the course of their investigation, police found 15 kilograms of cocaine and 220 kilograms of cannabis inside asphalt removal equipment fitted with a tracking device at the port of Dover on the English Channel, Britain’s National Crime Agency said when Kavanagh was sentenced.
Kavanagh lived in a mansion equipped with bulletproof glass and reinforced doors in Tamworth, northeast of Birmingham. When police raided the property in 2019, they seized numerous weapons and 35,000 pounds of cash in various currencies, including Emirati dirhams and euros, as well as British pounds, the crime agency said.
In September of 2022, Spanish police arrested an Irishman suspected of laundering money for the Kinahan organization after raiding a property in Malaga on the Costa del Sol.
The organization was suspected of registering companies in Britain, Spain and Gibraltar, then creating a brand of vodka promoted in bars and nightclubs along the Costa del Sol to disguise the source of its earnings, according to the British crime agency, which assisted in the investigation.
“The Kinahan organized crime network transcends national boundaries, which is why international law enforcement operations like this are necessary,” the agency said at the time.
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