More than 600 denied entry to US due to Kinahan crime group connection

Garda Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll, shows a slide relating to Garda seizures from the Kinahan oranised crime group last month. 

The number of people who have been denied entry to the USA because of their connection to the Kinahan organised crime group has risen to over 600, Assistant Garda Commissioner John O’Driscoll has revealed.

Speaking in Washington DC, Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll explained that as a result of the sanctions announced last month, businesses associated with sport, boxing in particular, had been hit with the travel ban to the US.