US offers reward of $5m for information on Kinahan gang

Garda Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll shows a slide relating to garda seizures from the Kinahan oranised crime group. Picture: Niall Carson/ PA

The United States is offering $5m for information leading to the disruption of the Kinahan criminal organisation and the arrests or convictions of Kinahan family members.

The move was announced by US ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin at a press briefing this afternoon.