Key member of Kinahan cartel appears in Spanish court over money laundering

John Francis Morrissey was arrested in Spain on Monday in a multi-agency operation.

John Morrissey, a 62-year-old man who has been identified as a key member of the Kinahan crime cartel, has appeared in a Spanish court over money laundering claims.

Gardaí, the Spanish Guardia Civil, US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and other law enforcement agencies collaborated in an operation to arrest Mr Morrissey in Costa del Sol on Monday after being identified earlier this year by US authorities as a Kinahan enforcer with money laundering offences.