US imposes sanctions on seven senior Kinahan gang members

Daniel Kinahan is among the individuals named in the US Treasury Department's sanctions. File Picture

The United States Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on seven senior members of the Kinahan organised crime group as part of a targeted bid to "block property of transnational criminal organisations".

Among those sanctioned by the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are Christy Kinahan Snr, Daniel Kinahan, and Christy Kinahan Jnr.