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<\/p>\nThe bosses of an Irish drugs cartel have aligned themselves with some of the most evil regimes in the world as they attempt to avoid being extradited home.<\/p>\n
\u201cDapper Don\u201d Christy Kinahan Snr and his lad Daniel have been desperately looking for new alliances as the net closes in on them, with the Irish government getting closer towards securing an extradition deal with the UAE, where the pair are currently based.<\/p>\n
And the gang bosses have tied their colours to the masts of the Russian and Iranian regimes, apparently offering up their transport routes and South American cocaine suppliers in exchange for sanctuary, reports Sunday World.<\/p>\n
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Irish justice minister Helen McEntee recently sought approval to begin the process of setting up an extradition agreement with Dubai, which has put pressure on the gangsters to find a new place to shelter. It\u2019s thought they are now working as fixers for both Mad Vlad and Iran as the two international pariah countries try to shift drugs around the world to raise much needed funds.<\/p>\n
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The Kinahans seem to think that moving huge sums of cash into Russia will win them favour with Vladimir Putin, and they hope for his protection in return. <\/p>\n
Both Russia and Iran are desperate for cash as they continue to fund expensive wars while remaining under stiff international sanctions.<\/p>\n
Sunday World reported that Kinahan Snr had actively supported Putin on social media, where he posed as an \u201caviation boss\u201d, even before he was hit by US sanctions himself.<\/p>\n
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On a LinkedIn account, he slagged off the mainstream media and US president Joe Biden and his family, while lavishing praise on dictator Putin.<\/p>\n
And on X\/Twitter, posting as \u201c@CVBizbroker\u201d, he wrote: \u201cI must say that Vladimir Putin puts up an absolutely compelling and coherent argument. It hasn\u2019t changed would be that some of our leaders would show themselves to be erudite and well educated in #statecraft #Russia # Ukraine #nato.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Analysts believe that the GRU \u2013 Russian military intelligence \u2013 are using organised crime groups as part of their foreign policy operations. It allows the state to generate huge sums of cash from drugs shipments without formally getting their hands dirty.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s thought that the Kinahan cartel has been working with the GRU for several years, and the gang was recently linked to 9.5-tonnes of coke found at Cape Verde on a boat manned by Russian sailors.<\/p>\n
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