John Mooney

And the Irish authorities had never experienced anything like this. These people were gunning down people on the streets of Dublin. And the Irish public were both horrified and intrigued by this all at the same time.

And the Irish authorities had never experienced anything like this. These people were gunning down people on the streets of Dublin. And the Irish public were both horrified and intrigued by this all at the same time.

The powers that be here realized that they really couldn't stop this because it was being directed from the United Arab Emirates. So the police started engaging with the United States and other European law enforcement agencies to try to have something done about this and action taken against them.

The powers that be here realized that they really couldn't stop this because it was being directed from the United Arab Emirates. So the police started engaging with the United States and other European law enforcement agencies to try to have something done about this and action taken against them.

You must remember, these are individuals with colossal wealth. I mean, more wealth than most people could imagine.

You must remember, these are individuals with colossal wealth. I mean, more wealth than most people could imagine.

It prevents any bank that conducts business with the United States or entities of the United States or its representatives from engaging with that sanctioned entity. For example, it prevented Christie Kinahan from running companies with his own name on them. So it stopped banks from trading, from having bank accounts for these companies. from offering them financial services.

It prevents any bank that conducts business with the United States or entities of the United States or its representatives from engaging with that sanctioned entity. For example, it prevented Christie Kinahan from running companies with his own name on them. So it stopped banks from trading, from having bank accounts for these companies. from offering them financial services.

Remember one person saying to me that when you're sanctioned by the US, it also prevents you, say, from buying an airline ticket or, you know, having a credit card or conducting any sort of online financial transactions. It's supposed to and designed to destroy your legitimate finances. So it makes... It's very awkward to have a normal life.

Remember one person saying to me that when you're sanctioned by the US, it also prevents you, say, from buying an airline ticket or, you know, having a credit card or conducting any sort of online financial transactions. It's supposed to and designed to destroy your legitimate finances. So it makes... It's very awkward to have a normal life.

Now, it should be stated that not every country in the world enforces US sanctions, but certainly most in the Western Hemisphere do.

Now, it should be stated that not every country in the world enforces US sanctions, but certainly most in the Western Hemisphere do.

We spent months and months and months looking at social media profiles and working back from the Google reviews that we had identified.

We spent months and months and months looking at social media profiles and working back from the Google reviews that we had identified.

We would stay up quite late at night looking through social media posts, searching for images of the Kinnans who had disappeared from public view. Certainly Christy Kinnan, no one had seen him in years.

We would stay up quite late at night looking through social media posts, searching for images of the Kinnans who had disappeared from public view. Certainly Christy Kinnan, no one had seen him in years.

And we had searched and searched and searched. And lo and behold, in the back of an image that the restaurant itself had uploaded online on its Instagram account, was an image of Christopher Kinahan and his son, Christopher Jr., having lunch. And that image became almost infamous because it was the first one to... show that the Kinneans were living openly in Dubai. They were living quite freely.

And we had searched and searched and searched. And lo and behold, in the back of an image that the restaurant itself had uploaded online on its Instagram account, was an image of Christopher Kinahan and his son, Christopher Jr., having lunch. And that image became almost infamous because it was the first one to... show that the Kinneans were living openly in Dubai. They were living quite freely.

And publication of that image really shocked a lot of people on this side of the world because there was an impression being created that these people were moving from location to location in fear of arrest and possible extradition. And they were just having lunch.

And publication of that image really shocked a lot of people on this side of the world because there was an impression being created that these people were moving from location to location in fear of arrest and possible extradition. And they were just having lunch.