Kinahan sentencing marks latest victory for law enforcement

Liam Byrne, left, and Thomas Kavanagh, right, were sentenced to five and six years respectively at the Old Bailey in the UK. Pictures: PA

Sentencing today of Kinahan cartel members for a bizarre and backfired weapon trafficking plot is the latest win for international law enforcement in a relentless hunt of the deadly crime gang.

The Kinahan cartel, described by the US Treasury Department as one of the world’s most dangerous, and comparable to Italy's Camorra, Mexico's Los Zetas, and Japan's Yakuza, is estimated by gardaí to have made more than €1bn from criminality.