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Previously on Hot Money, Daniel 11 00:00:50,047 --> 00:00:53,487 Speaker 2: Kinahan took over the family business, launched his career as 12 00:00:53,527 --> 00:00:56,287 Speaker 2: a boxing promoter, and waged a bloody war on the 13 00:00:56,287 --> 00:00:59,807 Speaker 2: streets of Dublin. Europe was no longer safe for him. 14 00:01:01,767 --> 00:01:03,847 Speaker 2: Back in twenty twenty one, I was working for the 15 00:01:03,887 --> 00:01:07,487 Speaker 2: FT as a foreign correspondent in Italy. One morning I 16 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:09,847 Speaker 2: noticed this story that was causing a bit of a stir. 17 00:01:11,767 --> 00:01:13,767 Speaker 2: One of it to Lea's most wanted Fugitives. 18 00:01:14,167 --> 00:01:15,447 Speaker 1: This guy on the run. 19 00:01:15,727 --> 00:01:19,127 Speaker 2: He'd given an interview to a local Naples newspaper and 20 00:01:19,167 --> 00:01:23,847 Speaker 2: his name was Rafaela Imperiale. This interview, it was a 21 00:01:23,847 --> 00:01:27,007 Speaker 2: pretty audacious move because at the time he was wanted 22 00:01:27,007 --> 00:01:29,727 Speaker 2: on drug trafficking charges and was thought to be tied 23 00:01:29,727 --> 00:01:33,567 Speaker 2: to the Neapolitan Camora mafia and Imperial le He looked 24 00:01:33,607 --> 00:01:37,367 Speaker 2: like this classic mob character. He wore finally tailored clothes 25 00:01:37,407 --> 00:01:40,647 Speaker 2: and expensive leather shoes. But the thing that really grabbed 26 00:01:40,647 --> 00:01:45,287 Speaker 2: my attention was his nickname, the Van Goff Boss. That's 27 00:01:45,407 --> 00:01:47,647 Speaker 2: Van go if you're listening in the US, but Van 28 00:01:47,767 --> 00:01:50,847 Speaker 2: Goboss doesn't really sound as good. It came from a 29 00:01:50,887 --> 00:01:53,847 Speaker 2: story that began in two thousand and two when these 30 00:01:53,887 --> 00:01:56,727 Speaker 2: criminals sledge hammered their way into the Van goth Museum 31 00:01:56,767 --> 00:01:59,407 Speaker 2: in Amsterdam in the middle of the night. In less 32 00:01:59,407 --> 00:02:02,887 Speaker 2: than five minutes, they lifted two priceless paintings off the walls, 33 00:02:03,167 --> 00:02:06,047 Speaker 2: ab sailed down the building and disappeared into the night. 34 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:10,087 Speaker 2: The robbery made headlines around the world and was listed 35 00:02:10,087 --> 00:02:12,327 Speaker 2: by the FBI as one of the most notable art 36 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:16,207 Speaker 2: thefts of the twenty first century. The thieves they were 37 00:02:16,247 --> 00:02:19,927 Speaker 2: eventually caught, but the paintings were long gone. They were 38 00:02:19,927 --> 00:02:22,807 Speaker 2: sold to an unknown buyer, and for years no one 39 00:02:22,887 --> 00:02:26,367 Speaker 2: knew where the Van Goffs could be. And then in 40 00:02:26,407 --> 00:02:31,167 Speaker 2: twenty sixteen, an Italian public prosecutor got a letter. It 41 00:02:31,207 --> 00:02:34,527 Speaker 2: was from Raphaeli Imperiale, he was by then living on 42 00:02:34,567 --> 00:02:39,247 Speaker 2: the run in Dubai. Imperiale told the Italians that he 43 00:02:39,407 --> 00:02:41,247 Speaker 2: was the guy who bought the stole a Van Goffs, 44 00:02:41,727 --> 00:02:43,807 Speaker 2: and he was willing to come back and face the 45 00:02:43,887 --> 00:02:46,567 Speaker 2: charges against him, but he wanted to trade the paintings 46 00:02:46,607 --> 00:02:47,967 Speaker 2: in for a lighter sentence. 47 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:49,807 Speaker 1: It didn't work out. 48 00:02:50,527 --> 00:02:53,807 Speaker 2: The Italians weren't interested, and soon enough the police raided 49 00:02:53,807 --> 00:02:58,287 Speaker 2: a property outside of Naples and recovered the paintings. 50 00:02:59,407 --> 00:03:02,167 Speaker 1: That interview with Imperiale, a lot of it was about 51 00:03:02,167 --> 00:03:02,927 Speaker 1: the Van Goffs. 52 00:03:03,567 --> 00:03:06,047 Speaker 2: What could a mobster know about art? He was asked, 53 00:03:06,727 --> 00:03:08,487 Speaker 2: was he aware about how valuable? 54 00:03:08,487 --> 00:03:08,927 Speaker 1: They were? 55 00:03:09,927 --> 00:03:13,287 Speaker 2: Seemed to slightly annoy him. He tells the interviewer that 56 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:16,327 Speaker 2: he's a man of culture and refined taste, and that 57 00:03:16,407 --> 00:03:20,207 Speaker 2: he was raised to appreciate fine painting. I'd never seen 58 00:03:20,247 --> 00:03:22,967 Speaker 2: anything like it before. If the most wanted man in 59 00:03:23,007 --> 00:03:26,407 Speaker 2: Italy was freely giving interviews, why hadn't the police caught 60 00:03:26,487 --> 00:03:30,407 Speaker 2: him yet? But what I hadn't grasped was that imperial 61 00:03:30,647 --> 00:03:33,887 Speaker 2: had become a sort of trailblazer. He was a guy 62 00:03:34,007 --> 00:03:36,967 Speaker 2: who spotted a big opportunity in the middle East before 63 00:03:36,967 --> 00:03:39,887 Speaker 2: everyone else, because around the same time that the police 64 00:03:39,927 --> 00:03:42,967 Speaker 2: seized his stolen Van Goffs, the top drug traffickers from 65 00:03:43,007 --> 00:03:46,007 Speaker 2: around Europe were looking out for a new safe place 66 00:03:46,047 --> 00:03:49,367 Speaker 2: to base their operations, and they settled on the same 67 00:03:49,447 --> 00:03:53,087 Speaker 2: city the Imperiale, the Van Goff boss had chosen back 68 00:03:53,127 --> 00:03:58,847 Speaker 2: in twenty ten, the tiny Gulf Emirate of Dubai. Imperiale 69 00:03:58,927 --> 00:04:01,527 Speaker 2: had seen that Dubai was a dream location for a 70 00:04:01,527 --> 00:04:05,327 Speaker 2: man like him, and soon the Kinnahans and other top 71 00:04:05,327 --> 00:04:07,527 Speaker 2: bosses in Europe would be following him out to the 72 00:04:07,527 --> 00:04:12,087 Speaker 2: Middle East alone. Each of these men were ruthless and 73 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:16,447 Speaker 2: cunning operators, but once they're all together in Dubai, they 74 00:04:16,487 --> 00:04:17,847 Speaker 2: begin to pull their resources. 75 00:04:19,047 --> 00:04:21,327 Speaker 1: They came to realize that by forming a new. 76 00:04:21,207 --> 00:04:25,087 Speaker 2: Type of criminal group, they could become richer, more powerful, 77 00:04:25,207 --> 00:04:26,367 Speaker 2: and more feared. 78 00:04:26,207 --> 00:04:27,567 Speaker 1: Than their wildest dreams. 79 00:04:28,447 --> 00:04:31,767 Speaker 2: They were about to transform organized crime in Europe and 80 00:04:31,807 --> 00:04:40,607 Speaker 2: create the supercartel. I'm Miles Johnson and from the Financial 81 00:04:40,647 --> 00:04:42,207 Speaker 2: Times and Pushkin Industries. 82 00:04:42,567 --> 00:04:44,207 Speaker 1: This is Hot Money Season two. 83 00:04:44,727 --> 00:04:49,607 Speaker 2: The New Narcos episode four, Gangster's Paradise. 84 00:05:09,247 --> 00:05:16,087 Speaker 3: See Dubai as a bit of a combination between Manhattan, Miami, 85 00:05:16,367 --> 00:05:17,567 Speaker 3: and Beverly Hills. 86 00:05:18,767 --> 00:05:21,567 Speaker 2: Matthew Page used to work for the US government in 87 00:05:21,647 --> 00:05:24,847 Speaker 2: several three letter agencies. Now he's an analyst and a 88 00:05:24,927 --> 00:05:28,687 Speaker 2: author who studies corruption and kleptocracy at the Carnegie Endowment. 89 00:05:29,367 --> 00:05:32,087 Speaker 2: He co edited a report on Dubai that helped me 90 00:05:32,247 --> 00:05:37,287 Speaker 2: understand why people like Raphaeli Imperiale love living there. Matthew says, 91 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:40,807 Speaker 2: Dubai first of all, is a bit like Manhattan. 92 00:05:41,047 --> 00:05:43,567 Speaker 3: Right, you know, Manhattan, because it's got that sort of 93 00:05:43,607 --> 00:05:48,927 Speaker 3: elite skyscraper type of feel to it. Beverly Hills sort 94 00:05:48,927 --> 00:05:54,047 Speaker 3: of that conspicuous consumption, the bling, the if it wasn't 95 00:05:54,047 --> 00:05:56,327 Speaker 3: so hot, they'd have furs, but they certainly have the 96 00:05:56,367 --> 00:06:01,367 Speaker 3: Bentleys and hate couture. And then also Miami because of 97 00:06:01,447 --> 00:06:04,207 Speaker 3: the climate, the beaches, the beautiful people. 98 00:06:05,287 --> 00:06:08,567 Speaker 2: In that newspaper interview, imperial says his life in Dubai 99 00:06:08,807 --> 00:06:12,007 Speaker 2: is nothing fancy. But I've got hold of an Italian 100 00:06:12,007 --> 00:06:15,127 Speaker 2: police file on him that tells a different story. It's 101 00:06:15,127 --> 00:06:20,047 Speaker 2: based on wire taps, informant testimony, financial documents, and information 102 00:06:20,167 --> 00:06:23,367 Speaker 2: shared by police around the world. It paints his portrait 103 00:06:23,407 --> 00:06:27,567 Speaker 2: of him strutting around Dubai wearing expensive suits, tailored in 104 00:06:27,607 --> 00:06:32,127 Speaker 2: his native Naples and always trailed by three bodyguards. Dubai 105 00:06:32,207 --> 00:06:34,407 Speaker 2: is somewhere he can flash his cash in the company 106 00:06:34,407 --> 00:06:37,167 Speaker 2: of other wealthy people who are doing exactly the same thing. 107 00:06:37,887 --> 00:06:40,007 Speaker 2: There are pictures in a high end restaurant with his 108 00:06:40,207 --> 00:06:43,287 Speaker 2: much younger girlfriend draping her arms around him, and he's 109 00:06:43,327 --> 00:06:46,047 Speaker 2: wearing an open net white shirt and a smart jacket. 110 00:06:46,527 --> 00:06:49,447 Speaker 2: It's got selfies he took at the gym, flexing his muscles. 111 00:06:50,207 --> 00:06:54,167 Speaker 2: He drives custom made supercars with conspicuous two letter license plates, 112 00:06:54,487 --> 00:06:57,767 Speaker 2: and he's also developed an expensive diamond habit. He buys 113 00:06:57,847 --> 00:07:00,607 Speaker 2: jewelry for his girlfriends at the Graph Jewelry Store and 114 00:07:00,727 --> 00:07:03,927 Speaker 2: jokes to his friends that he has a motto, no Graph, 115 00:07:04,287 --> 00:07:08,007 Speaker 2: no Love. For a while, he lives in the Burgeo Larrab, 116 00:07:08,567 --> 00:07:12,167 Speaker 2: the luxury hotel where Daniel Kinahan will soon celebrate his wedding. 117 00:07:12,967 --> 00:07:15,967 Speaker 2: The Italian press report that he and his entourage are 118 00:07:15,967 --> 00:07:19,327 Speaker 2: often found at a club called Provocateur inside Dubai's Four 119 00:07:19,367 --> 00:07:20,167 Speaker 2: Seasons hotel. 120 00:07:21,087 --> 00:07:22,047 Speaker 1: It's his sort of place. 121 00:07:22,367 --> 00:07:25,927 Speaker 2: It's guest list only, with leather seats, bottle service, and 122 00:07:25,967 --> 00:07:28,767 Speaker 2: a huge custom seeding light that looks like a giant 123 00:07:28,767 --> 00:07:33,047 Speaker 2: diamond and Imperiale has this reputation as a lavish spender. 124 00:07:33,327 --> 00:07:36,207 Speaker 2: He buys dozens of bottles of crystal at thousands of 125 00:07:36,247 --> 00:07:39,047 Speaker 2: dollars and then picks up the entire tab and leaves 126 00:07:39,047 --> 00:07:40,167 Speaker 2: a very generous tip. 127 00:07:41,287 --> 00:07:43,087 Speaker 1: But it's not just a great place to party. 128 00:07:43,647 --> 00:07:46,247 Speaker 2: It's also a fantastic place for him to do business, 129 00:07:46,887 --> 00:07:50,967 Speaker 2: because in Dubai, alongside the beautiful people and the very rich, 130 00:07:51,487 --> 00:07:56,207 Speaker 2: and the powerful and the dangerous. Someone once told me 131 00:07:56,447 --> 00:07:59,127 Speaker 2: that the best way to describe Dubai is sort of 132 00:07:59,167 --> 00:08:02,567 Speaker 2: like a bling version of the Cantina and Star Wars, 133 00:08:02,567 --> 00:08:05,447 Speaker 2: full of these strange and shadowy characters from around the world. 134 00:08:06,367 --> 00:08:09,647 Speaker 2: You have hedge fund managers and professional athletes drinking at 135 00:08:09,687 --> 00:08:13,167 Speaker 2: the same bars as Russian oligarchs and cocaine kingpins. 136 00:08:14,287 --> 00:08:19,567 Speaker 3: It could be an Afghan warlord who has taken all 137 00:08:19,647 --> 00:08:23,247 Speaker 3: the money that he made during the Karzai regime and 138 00:08:23,287 --> 00:08:25,927 Speaker 3: now that the Taliban is back in control, kind of 139 00:08:25,967 --> 00:08:29,647 Speaker 3: can't go back to the fiefdom that he once ruled. 140 00:08:30,127 --> 00:08:34,407 Speaker 3: The Instagram influencer who makes their living taking pictures of 141 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:39,047 Speaker 3: themselves on fabulous yachts. It could be the sort of 142 00:08:39,207 --> 00:08:44,167 Speaker 3: nerdy but indispensable sort of pasty British accountant who provides 143 00:08:44,247 --> 00:08:49,127 Speaker 3: the services that these individuals need and legitimizes them. It 144 00:08:49,167 --> 00:08:53,047 Speaker 3: could be people like Isabelle de Santosch, former head of 145 00:08:53,687 --> 00:08:57,967 Speaker 3: Angola's national oil company and whose father was the former president, 146 00:08:58,367 --> 00:09:02,367 Speaker 3: and she's basically on the run from international law enforcement. 147 00:09:02,927 --> 00:09:05,447 Speaker 3: And that's not to mention the local elites, right the 148 00:09:05,527 --> 00:09:10,167 Speaker 3: royal family, the ruling family, cousins and nephews and grandchildren, 149 00:09:10,287 --> 00:09:13,127 Speaker 3: who are the most powerful people in this in this country. 150 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:16,607 Speaker 2: To understand why Dubai was the perfect place for a 151 00:09:16,607 --> 00:09:19,607 Speaker 2: bunch of international drug lords to join forces, you need 152 00:09:19,607 --> 00:09:22,287 Speaker 2: to know a little bit about its history. It's part 153 00:09:22,287 --> 00:09:25,247 Speaker 2: of the United Arab Emirates, a federation made up of 154 00:09:25,287 --> 00:09:29,567 Speaker 2: seven neighboring monarchies. Before the UAE gained independence in nineteen 155 00:09:29,607 --> 00:09:32,367 Speaker 2: seventy one, the region was a British colony and an 156 00:09:32,407 --> 00:09:35,727 Speaker 2: important source of oil, but the oil belongs to Dubai's 157 00:09:35,727 --> 00:09:39,007 Speaker 2: Emirti neighbor, Abu Dhabi. So when the British left and 158 00:09:39,047 --> 00:09:41,847 Speaker 2: the UAE was born, Dubai needed to find ways to 159 00:09:41,927 --> 00:09:43,287 Speaker 2: diversify its economy. 160 00:09:44,007 --> 00:09:47,887 Speaker 3: And it was really a tiny place with just you know, 161 00:09:48,007 --> 00:09:51,167 Speaker 3: a few tens of thousands of people until the nineteen 162 00:09:51,207 --> 00:09:55,967 Speaker 3: eighties nineteen nineties when it saw an explosive growth. You know, 163 00:09:56,007 --> 00:09:58,327 Speaker 3: so the royal family in Dubai really had a vision 164 00:09:58,327 --> 00:10:01,567 Speaker 3: of how to transform the emirate by building lots of 165 00:10:02,007 --> 00:10:07,607 Speaker 3: you know, world class infrastructure, you know, power roads, airport, seaport. 166 00:10:08,407 --> 00:10:10,087 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just infrastructure. 167 00:10:11,087 --> 00:10:13,127 Speaker 2: The royal family also invested in some of the most 168 00:10:13,207 --> 00:10:17,367 Speaker 2: luxurious real estate in the world. Dubai today is now 169 00:10:17,407 --> 00:10:20,927 Speaker 2: full of skyscrapers and gated communities. Some of them are 170 00:10:20,927 --> 00:10:23,767 Speaker 2: built on these artificial sand islands that stretch out into 171 00:10:23,807 --> 00:10:27,087 Speaker 2: the Persian Gulf. If you've never seen them before, they're 172 00:10:27,087 --> 00:10:30,207 Speaker 2: pretty surreal. There's one in the shape of a palm tree. 173 00:10:30,567 --> 00:10:33,567 Speaker 2: There's another archipelago that replicates a map of the world, 174 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:37,367 Speaker 2: and they're isolated, which means for the rich and the powerful, 175 00:10:37,967 --> 00:10:41,967 Speaker 2: they feel safe. When Imperiale moved to Dubai, he starts 176 00:10:41,967 --> 00:10:45,127 Speaker 2: to make huge investments in property, and he doesn't settle 177 00:10:45,207 --> 00:10:48,887 Speaker 2: for anything but the very best. He buys the island 178 00:10:48,887 --> 00:10:52,407 Speaker 2: on the archipelago that's shaped like Taiwan, worth an estimated 179 00:10:52,527 --> 00:10:56,687 Speaker 2: eighty million dollars. He begins a project to build ten 180 00:10:56,807 --> 00:11:00,847 Speaker 2: luxury villas worth twenty million dollars each, and according to 181 00:11:00,887 --> 00:11:03,847 Speaker 2: a police file, he tried to get Zaha Hadid, the 182 00:11:03,887 --> 00:11:07,647 Speaker 2: critically acclaimed architect, to design them, because in Dubai he 183 00:11:07,687 --> 00:11:10,127 Speaker 2: can spend that sort of money without too many questions 184 00:11:10,127 --> 00:11:10,647 Speaker 2: being asked. 185 00:11:11,927 --> 00:11:16,167 Speaker 3: Dubai is like a membrane. It's where the sort of 186 00:11:17,167 --> 00:11:21,807 Speaker 3: brackish waters of the underworld and the murky waters sort 187 00:11:21,807 --> 00:11:25,407 Speaker 3: of percolate and mingle with the fresh water of the 188 00:11:25,487 --> 00:11:29,967 Speaker 3: rules based international financial system, and that really captures Dubai 189 00:11:30,007 --> 00:11:34,847 Speaker 3: in a nutshell. It's a place where these different flows 190 00:11:35,007 --> 00:11:38,887 Speaker 3: merge and mix and just generally come out cleaner and 191 00:11:38,927 --> 00:11:40,447 Speaker 3: sweeter smelling than they came in. 192 00:11:41,247 --> 00:11:43,887 Speaker 2: But Dubai has also been an island of stability in 193 00:11:43,927 --> 00:11:46,727 Speaker 2: a region that, otherwise from the perspective of the West, 194 00:11:46,927 --> 00:11:50,167 Speaker 2: has been pretty unstable, and so in the nineteen nineties, 195 00:11:50,407 --> 00:11:53,207 Speaker 2: a lot of Western banks and other companies they chose 196 00:11:53,287 --> 00:11:54,727 Speaker 2: Dubai as their base in the region. 197 00:11:55,567 --> 00:12:00,607 Speaker 3: But at the same time, its own system of rules 198 00:12:01,247 --> 00:12:05,807 Speaker 3: has been kept loose and fungible enough to allow the 199 00:12:05,887 --> 00:12:12,807 Speaker 3: penetration of a lot of unexplained wealth illicit funds into 200 00:12:12,847 --> 00:12:14,927 Speaker 3: the country and as a result, it's served as a 201 00:12:15,007 --> 00:12:17,527 Speaker 3: magnet for those types of funds. 202 00:12:18,127 --> 00:12:20,367 Speaker 2: The fact that there's lots of people who want to 203 00:12:21,247 --> 00:12:26,167 Speaker 2: move there presumably that has also resulted in springing up 204 00:12:26,207 --> 00:12:32,047 Speaker 2: of financial and technical kind of infrastructure to support people 205 00:12:32,087 --> 00:12:33,847 Speaker 2: bringing money from all around the world. 206 00:12:34,247 --> 00:12:38,287 Speaker 3: Absolutely, so these include you know, high end estate agents, 207 00:12:38,727 --> 00:12:43,127 Speaker 3: you know the people who again manage those transactions, the accountants, 208 00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:48,007 Speaker 3: the conveyors and so forth. It involves lawyers and maybe 209 00:12:48,127 --> 00:12:53,047 Speaker 3: PR consultants as well, and people who are essentially functioning 210 00:12:53,087 --> 00:12:59,007 Speaker 3: as wealth managers and helping you often within the bounds 211 00:12:59,047 --> 00:13:05,927 Speaker 3: of what is legal, avoid tax and optimize the wealth 212 00:13:06,127 --> 00:13:10,687 Speaker 3: that you have gained without necessarily questioning what the source 213 00:13:11,127 --> 00:13:14,767 Speaker 3: of that wealth is. I mean, if you think about it, 214 00:13:15,007 --> 00:13:18,607 Speaker 3: the international financial system is twenty first century as it 215 00:13:18,727 --> 00:13:23,447 Speaker 3: is with you know, contactless payment and instant transactions around 216 00:13:23,447 --> 00:13:25,247 Speaker 3: the globe, is still a very sort of almost like 217 00:13:25,327 --> 00:13:27,967 Speaker 3: eighteenth century element to it. You know, there's a lot 218 00:13:27,967 --> 00:13:32,087 Speaker 3: of trust involved. There's a lot of essentially taking people 219 00:13:32,087 --> 00:13:37,927 Speaker 3: at their word that the money that they've acquired is legitimate. 220 00:13:38,127 --> 00:13:40,847 Speaker 2: In countries either the US or the UK. If you 221 00:13:40,927 --> 00:13:43,247 Speaker 2: suddenly turn up to a bank with a million dollars 222 00:13:43,247 --> 00:13:46,527 Speaker 2: in a suitcase, they might get a little twitchy, But 223 00:13:46,607 --> 00:13:50,607 Speaker 2: in Dubai, according to Matthew, very few questions asked about 224 00:13:50,607 --> 00:13:52,527 Speaker 2: where your cash comes from. 225 00:13:52,767 --> 00:13:55,967 Speaker 3: They're just looking for ways essentially to take that wealth 226 00:13:56,047 --> 00:13:59,767 Speaker 3: off you, you know, and in exchange for a luxury 227 00:13:59,807 --> 00:14:03,527 Speaker 3: apartment or a high end car, or looking to provide 228 00:14:03,807 --> 00:14:10,687 Speaker 3: services to you an extraordinarily high net worth individual, whether 229 00:14:10,887 --> 00:14:14,887 Speaker 3: you be a Silicon Valley you know, multi billionaire who 230 00:14:14,887 --> 00:14:18,847 Speaker 3: earned your money legitimately, or you're a drug trafficking kingpin 231 00:14:19,007 --> 00:14:19,727 Speaker 3: from Europe. 232 00:14:20,167 --> 00:14:23,367 Speaker 4: So there's sort of a whole universe of sort of 233 00:14:23,367 --> 00:14:26,847 Speaker 4: like twenty first century gat spies, like people who've sort 234 00:14:26,887 --> 00:14:29,607 Speaker 4: of come to escape their past in a way or 235 00:14:29,647 --> 00:14:32,487 Speaker 4: at least like sort of set up shop, you know, 236 00:14:32,527 --> 00:14:34,927 Speaker 4: as a new type of person with lots of money 237 00:14:34,967 --> 00:14:36,487 Speaker 4: where people don't ask any questions. 238 00:14:37,287 --> 00:14:41,247 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's a way in which wealth can be 239 00:14:42,527 --> 00:14:46,807 Speaker 3: traded or exchanged for elite status. Right, places like Oxford 240 00:14:46,847 --> 00:14:51,607 Speaker 3: and Cambridge used to be that for global elites one 241 00:14:51,647 --> 00:14:54,767 Speaker 3: hundred years ago. Right, this is the twenty first century 242 00:14:54,847 --> 00:14:58,927 Speaker 3: answer to that. And it's all about conspicuous consumption, you know, 243 00:14:59,087 --> 00:15:02,687 Speaker 3: Instagram selfies and an ill gotten wealth. 244 00:15:03,527 --> 00:15:06,767 Speaker 2: But there's another very important part to living in Dubai 245 00:15:06,887 --> 00:15:09,407 Speaker 2: that even the bloodiest crime bosses understand. 246 00:15:09,927 --> 00:15:10,767 Speaker 1: You might be. 247 00:15:10,647 --> 00:15:14,327 Speaker 2: Murdering people or shipping industrial quantities of drugs somewhere else, 248 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:18,247 Speaker 2: but you don't commit violent crime in Dubai. And that 249 00:15:18,327 --> 00:15:21,167 Speaker 2: means for a city inhabited by some of the scariest 250 00:15:21,167 --> 00:15:24,167 Speaker 2: men on the planet, it's pretty safe. There are very 251 00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:28,127 Speaker 2: few robberies or murders. So why is Imperiale always walking 252 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:31,847 Speaker 2: around Dubai with bodyguards. Well, the thing is he tells 253 00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:34,527 Speaker 2: his friends that his hench men, they're not there to 254 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,567 Speaker 2: protect him, they're there to protect others in case he 255 00:15:37,607 --> 00:15:40,927 Speaker 2: gets angry. Because in Dubai you've got to keep your 256 00:15:40,967 --> 00:15:44,287 Speaker 2: temper under control, and if you do that then most 257 00:15:44,327 --> 00:15:47,167 Speaker 2: of the time the authorities there they'll leave you alone. 258 00:15:48,487 --> 00:15:50,927 Speaker 2: At the time, Dubai doesn't have extradition agreements with a 259 00:15:50,967 --> 00:15:53,527 Speaker 2: lot of other countries, so even if you do get 260 00:15:53,567 --> 00:15:56,127 Speaker 2: in trouble, it's very hard for the police to actually 261 00:15:56,207 --> 00:16:00,127 Speaker 2: get you, and that means for the kinner hands, Dubai 262 00:16:00,207 --> 00:16:02,967 Speaker 2: will be like the Costa del Soul, but even better, 263 00:16:03,807 --> 00:16:07,567 Speaker 2: more luxurious, lower risk, and way beyond the reach of 264 00:16:07,607 --> 00:16:26,847 Speaker 2: European law enforcement. So Daniel Kinahan arrives in Dubai in 265 00:16:26,887 --> 00:16:29,727 Speaker 2: twenty sixteen, not long after the attempt on his life 266 00:16:29,727 --> 00:16:32,447 Speaker 2: at the Regency Hotel, and his family moves there to 267 00:16:33,007 --> 00:16:37,767 Speaker 2: his father, Christie and his brother Christopher Jr. Corporate documents 268 00:16:37,807 --> 00:16:41,327 Speaker 2: and property files they show that Christie wasted very little 269 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:44,007 Speaker 2: time in setting up a bunch of companies, usually in 270 00:16:44,007 --> 00:16:47,647 Speaker 2: the name of Christopher Vincent, leaving off to Kinnahan. He 271 00:16:47,727 --> 00:16:51,127 Speaker 2: reinvents himself as a commodities trader and a business consultant. 272 00:16:51,487 --> 00:16:54,087 Speaker 2: He sets up social media accounts for his companies and 273 00:16:54,487 --> 00:16:57,287 Speaker 2: he tweets out news about the oil market and. 274 00:16:57,447 --> 00:16:58,727 Speaker 1: Tesla's earning results. 275 00:16:58,967 --> 00:17:01,807 Speaker 2: He even follows the ft on that, and he sets 276 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:04,847 Speaker 2: up a new LinkedIn under his fake identity, and he 277 00:17:04,887 --> 00:17:08,407 Speaker 2: describes himself as an executive with a view to expanding 278 00:17:08,407 --> 00:17:10,327 Speaker 2: my company's and an eye for detail. 279 00:17:10,967 --> 00:17:13,527 Speaker 1: He lists his skills, skills that you would. 280 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:16,367 Speaker 2: Probably expect a crime boss to have, such as negotiation 281 00:17:16,567 --> 00:17:21,287 Speaker 2: and strategic planning. And actually many of his top business contacts, 282 00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:24,447 Speaker 2: people like Imperiale guys he's known for years through the 283 00:17:24,447 --> 00:17:25,687 Speaker 2: European cocaine market. 284 00:17:25,967 --> 00:17:27,647 Speaker 1: They're all out there with him. 285 00:17:27,807 --> 00:17:31,327 Speaker 2: It's around this time that different police forces they start 286 00:17:31,327 --> 00:17:33,007 Speaker 2: to see that something pretty BIG's. 287 00:17:32,727 --> 00:17:33,687 Speaker 1: Happening in Dubai. 288 00:17:34,327 --> 00:17:37,527 Speaker 2: At the start, they only get little snippets of meetings 289 00:17:37,567 --> 00:17:41,207 Speaker 2: and deals. They learn that the Kinnahans and Imperiale they're 290 00:17:41,207 --> 00:17:45,167 Speaker 2: spending more time together, and other notorious kingpins. They seem 291 00:17:45,207 --> 00:17:48,487 Speaker 2: to be part of the same group. Ridu Antargi he 292 00:17:48,607 --> 00:17:51,527 Speaker 2: shows up in Dubai. He's a Dutch Moroccan crime boss 293 00:17:51,607 --> 00:17:55,127 Speaker 2: who's linked to multiple murders. There's also a Chilean called 294 00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:59,167 Speaker 2: Richard roquelme Vega. He's nicknamed El Rico or the rich 295 00:17:59,207 --> 00:18:03,727 Speaker 2: guy under the Giant diamond in provocateur in five star 296 00:18:03,847 --> 00:18:07,807 Speaker 2: restaurants and high end hotels. These gangsters they start to 297 00:18:07,847 --> 00:18:11,447 Speaker 2: form a sort of consortium. It's a powerful new alliance 298 00:18:11,807 --> 00:18:16,087 Speaker 2: and European police. They believe that by twenty seventeen, they've 299 00:18:16,127 --> 00:18:19,247 Speaker 2: seized control of a third of the continent's cocaine market. 300 00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:22,847 Speaker 2: That's a business worth billions of dollars a year, and 301 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:28,887 Speaker 2: that's how they earn the name the Supercartel. Like any 302 00:18:28,887 --> 00:18:32,327 Speaker 2: criminal conspiracy, it's not easy to get a clear picture 303 00:18:32,567 --> 00:18:35,287 Speaker 2: of how it works. I've tried to piece it together 304 00:18:35,807 --> 00:18:39,527 Speaker 2: a sort of tapestry of information. But the documents I've 305 00:18:39,527 --> 00:18:42,887 Speaker 2: got they're based on hundreds of pages of shared intelligence 306 00:18:42,887 --> 00:18:45,927 Speaker 2: from various law enforcement agencies, and they do a pretty 307 00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:50,447 Speaker 2: good job of sketching out how the Supercartel operates. It 308 00:18:50,527 --> 00:18:53,767 Speaker 2: calls them partners in a sort of holding company for 309 00:18:53,847 --> 00:18:58,287 Speaker 2: international cocaine trafficking, and that holding company it works on 310 00:18:58,327 --> 00:19:03,047 Speaker 2: a few simple but powerful economic principles. The most important 311 00:19:03,087 --> 00:19:07,647 Speaker 2: thing is market power. This new consortium it's based out 312 00:19:07,687 --> 00:19:10,247 Speaker 2: of Dubai, but it has a global reach that stretches 313 00:19:10,247 --> 00:19:14,767 Speaker 2: across Europe, Africa and Latin America. And by being bigger, 314 00:19:15,207 --> 00:19:19,447 Speaker 2: the Supercartel can buy cocaine in larger quantities at lower prices, 315 00:19:19,927 --> 00:19:23,527 Speaker 2: they can spread their risk. The file says that they 316 00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:27,167 Speaker 2: work to form joint ventures with Colombian cartels to quote 317 00:19:27,247 --> 00:19:30,367 Speaker 2: control the trafficking of cocaine from South America into the 318 00:19:30,407 --> 00:19:34,127 Speaker 2: ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. They share the same transport 319 00:19:34,247 --> 00:19:37,887 Speaker 2: routes and they start to pull their cash. The aim 320 00:19:38,047 --> 00:19:41,927 Speaker 2: is to quote maintain control of the supply channels because 321 00:19:41,927 --> 00:19:44,527 Speaker 2: that gives them bigger market share in Europe and a 322 00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:48,047 Speaker 2: better ability to set prices. And the cartel starts to 323 00:19:48,127 --> 00:19:52,567 Speaker 2: establish economic co interests. They're laundering their money together and 324 00:19:52,607 --> 00:19:56,087 Speaker 2: they're investing it in countries around the world. The file 325 00:19:56,127 --> 00:20:00,047 Speaker 2: also has these remarkably detailed examples of the logistical complexity 326 00:20:00,047 --> 00:20:05,327 Speaker 2: of these operations. They're not only using ports, they send drugs, money, 327 00:20:05,407 --> 00:20:09,207 Speaker 2: and guns through fleets of articulated lorries leaving the nether 328 00:20:09,687 --> 00:20:13,567 Speaker 2: to travel across Europe. And they're these photos sent between 329 00:20:13,607 --> 00:20:17,367 Speaker 2: Imperially and his crew of huge shipments of cocaine sitting 330 00:20:17,367 --> 00:20:18,167 Speaker 2: in a warehouse. 331 00:20:18,447 --> 00:20:19,927 Speaker 1: They're on industrial palettes. 332 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:23,487 Speaker 2: In this case, it's being sent to Sydney, Australia in 333 00:20:23,527 --> 00:20:28,567 Speaker 2: a shipping container disguised as Italian natural stone. On another occasion, 334 00:20:28,887 --> 00:20:32,407 Speaker 2: Imperially arranges for a truck filled with several million euros 335 00:20:32,407 --> 00:20:35,167 Speaker 2: to be sent to a fellow supercartel member's son in 336 00:20:35,207 --> 00:20:39,047 Speaker 2: the Netherlands. So this is starting to look quite a 337 00:20:39,127 --> 00:20:42,087 Speaker 2: lot like the way you'd structure a multinational trading company. 338 00:20:42,647 --> 00:20:46,607 Speaker 2: You've got equity partners pulling their resources and spreading their risk, 339 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:49,767 Speaker 2: and they use their scale to get cheaper prices and 340 00:20:49,847 --> 00:20:53,207 Speaker 2: lower distribution costs and profit margins. 341 00:20:53,487 --> 00:20:54,167 Speaker 1: They go up. 342 00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:57,847 Speaker 2: Business is booming, and all of them are making more 343 00:20:57,847 --> 00:21:02,687 Speaker 2: money than ever before. But for Daniel Kinahan, quietly growing 344 00:21:02,687 --> 00:21:06,807 Speaker 2: his business, it's not enough because he wants his reputation 345 00:21:06,967 --> 00:21:10,007 Speaker 2: to grow not as a drug trafficker but as a 346 00:21:10,007 --> 00:21:14,407 Speaker 2: global sports tycoon. And this next bit of the story 347 00:21:14,727 --> 00:21:18,047 Speaker 2: it shows just how fuzzy the lines have become between gangster, 348 00:21:18,687 --> 00:21:25,127 Speaker 2: online influencer and entrepreneur. Today, Tyson Fury is one of 349 00:21:25,167 --> 00:21:28,927 Speaker 2: the best known boxers on the planet. He's outspoken and funny, 350 00:21:29,127 --> 00:21:31,847 Speaker 2: and recently he was given the ultimate badge of fame. 351 00:21:32,487 --> 00:21:35,167 Speaker 1: I Say his own reality TV. 352 00:21:34,967 --> 00:21:39,087 Speaker 2: Show on Netflix, following him his wife Paris and their six. 353 00:21:38,967 --> 00:21:42,087 Speaker 5: Children living in the busy household, three girls, Throny Ball's 354 00:21:42,127 --> 00:21:44,647 Speaker 5: small wife, all freaking crazy. 355 00:21:45,287 --> 00:21:48,847 Speaker 2: Before he met Kinnahan, Fury had some major success in 356 00:21:48,887 --> 00:21:49,607 Speaker 2: twenty fifty. 357 00:21:49,927 --> 00:21:51,447 Speaker 1: He defied the odds to beat. 358 00:21:51,327 --> 00:21:54,767 Speaker 2: Ukraine's Vladimir Klitschko in a match broadcast by Sky Sports. 359 00:21:55,327 --> 00:21:57,087 Speaker 5: I've got everything in the gym for this and i 360 00:21:57,207 --> 00:21:58,567 Speaker 5: just can't believe it, and I've got. 361 00:21:58,487 --> 00:22:01,087 Speaker 6: It, so Fury's credit. It is genuinely one of the 362 00:22:01,087 --> 00:22:04,487 Speaker 6: best wins that British boxer has ever done. It wasn't 363 00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:07,047 Speaker 6: in England, it was a win on foreign soil, and 364 00:22:07,167 --> 00:22:09,527 Speaker 6: it was against a guy who hadn't been beaten for 365 00:22:09,567 --> 00:22:14,127 Speaker 6: more than a decade. But after that win, Tyson Fury's 366 00:22:14,127 --> 00:22:15,167 Speaker 6: life just spiraled. 367 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:17,727 Speaker 1: This is boxing journalist Alan Dawson. 368 00:22:18,127 --> 00:22:21,647 Speaker 6: He tested positive for the banned substance in andrelone, and 369 00:22:21,687 --> 00:22:24,927 Speaker 6: by his own admission, he was using cocaine and drinking 370 00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:26,047 Speaker 6: tequila in the morning. 371 00:22:26,927 --> 00:22:31,327 Speaker 2: By twenty seventeen, Tyson Fury's down and out. He later 372 00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:34,007 Speaker 2: talked about this period of his life on Joe Rogan's podcast. 373 00:22:34,447 --> 00:22:35,927 Speaker 5: I'd wake up and I think, why did I wake 374 00:22:36,007 --> 00:22:37,887 Speaker 5: up this morning? This is coming from a mom who 375 00:22:37,927 --> 00:22:43,807 Speaker 5: had everything, money, fame, glory, titles, a wife, a family, kids, everything. Well, 376 00:22:43,887 --> 00:22:45,447 Speaker 5: I felt as if I had nothing. I felt there 377 00:22:45,487 --> 00:22:47,567 Speaker 5: was an empty gape in hole. 378 00:22:48,527 --> 00:22:51,047 Speaker 6: So Kinahan entered his life at this point. 379 00:22:52,127 --> 00:22:54,887 Speaker 2: When Daniel Kinahan was in Spain, he picked up promising 380 00:22:54,927 --> 00:22:58,207 Speaker 2: young boxers, paying for the best trainers and the best equipment. 381 00:22:58,767 --> 00:23:00,087 Speaker 1: But that's not what Fury needs. 382 00:23:00,887 --> 00:23:04,847 Speaker 6: And it's kind of unclear what specifically Kinahan did for Fury, 383 00:23:04,927 --> 00:23:07,687 Speaker 6: But for Ben Davison, who was Tyson Fury's coach at 384 00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:11,087 Speaker 6: the time, it was simply a belief in him. It's 385 00:23:11,127 --> 00:23:14,007 Speaker 6: a theme I've observed in Kinnahan where he tends to 386 00:23:14,127 --> 00:23:16,487 Speaker 6: enter people's lives when they're at their lowest step, and 387 00:23:16,647 --> 00:23:18,887 Speaker 6: I kind of see that in quite a predatory way. 388 00:23:19,927 --> 00:23:23,247 Speaker 2: In twenty seventeen, Tyson Fury posts a selfie on Twitter. 389 00:23:23,727 --> 00:23:25,887 Speaker 2: He and Daniel Kinahan are sitting next to each other, 390 00:23:26,047 --> 00:23:27,647 Speaker 2: both wearing colorful shirts. 391 00:23:27,887 --> 00:23:28,727 Speaker 1: They look relaxed. 392 00:23:28,807 --> 00:23:32,367 Speaker 2: They're grinning, arms around each other's shoulders, giving the camera 393 00:23:32,407 --> 00:23:35,967 Speaker 2: a thumbs up. They look like best friends. It's a 394 00:23:36,007 --> 00:23:39,847 Speaker 2: classic story, the fallen champion on the ropes, needing to 395 00:23:39,847 --> 00:23:44,047 Speaker 2: relaunch their career. Tyson Fury doesn't have any connection to crime, 396 00:23:44,527 --> 00:23:47,207 Speaker 2: but just like that, one of the world's most famous 397 00:23:47,207 --> 00:23:52,647 Speaker 2: boxers has a new advisor, Daniel Kinahan. Fury is clearly 398 00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:55,247 Speaker 2: one of the most talented, the most talented boxer of 399 00:23:55,287 --> 00:23:57,567 Speaker 2: his generation, at least bristboxer. 400 00:23:57,607 --> 00:23:59,447 Speaker 1: You know, he's clearly like a huge figure in the sport. 401 00:23:59,887 --> 00:24:01,647 Speaker 1: But what does it do for Kinnahan. 402 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:05,447 Speaker 2: What does signing up a boxer like Tyson Fury do 403 00:24:05,647 --> 00:24:11,327 Speaker 2: for this seemingly fairly small, low level figure in boxing. 404 00:24:11,727 --> 00:24:15,287 Speaker 6: It completely legitimizes him in boxing. He's in the ear 405 00:24:15,447 --> 00:24:19,887 Speaker 6: of the number one heavyweight in boxing. Yeah, that was 406 00:24:19,927 --> 00:24:23,767 Speaker 6: really the beginning for Daniel Knahan to become one of 407 00:24:23,927 --> 00:24:28,207 Speaker 6: probably the top three most powerful figures in the entire sport. 408 00:24:29,247 --> 00:24:32,727 Speaker 2: Through Daniel's friendship with Tyson Fury, a whole new world 409 00:24:32,807 --> 00:24:36,647 Speaker 2: of celebrity and fame is opening up. So in twenty seventeen, 410 00:24:37,087 --> 00:24:39,847 Speaker 2: he's at the top of his game. He's rich, and 411 00:24:39,887 --> 00:24:43,127 Speaker 2: he's feared, and he's about to get married. There's a 412 00:24:43,207 --> 00:24:46,887 Speaker 2: huge moment in anyone's life. The venue for the big 413 00:24:46,967 --> 00:24:50,927 Speaker 2: day is the Burj Al Arab, arguably the most luxurious 414 00:24:50,967 --> 00:24:53,687 Speaker 2: hotel in the entire Middle East and easily one of 415 00:24:53,727 --> 00:24:56,607 Speaker 2: the most expensive in the world. It's all about as 416 00:24:56,647 --> 00:25:00,007 Speaker 2: far from inner city Dublin as you could be. His fiance, 417 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:03,087 Speaker 2: the woman by his side as he builds his family's 418 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:04,167 Speaker 2: empire in the Middle East. 419 00:25:04,487 --> 00:25:05,927 Speaker 1: She comes from much closer to home. 420 00:25:07,087 --> 00:25:09,487 Speaker 2: Daniel's bride to be was born close to where he 421 00:25:09,607 --> 00:25:13,127 Speaker 2: grew up and for Nicola Talon, the Irish crime reporter 422 00:25:13,127 --> 00:25:16,087 Speaker 2: that we heard from last time, his choice of partner 423 00:25:16,287 --> 00:25:18,847 Speaker 2: gives us an important insight into Daniel's character. 424 00:25:20,447 --> 00:25:24,287 Speaker 7: I see it is amazing that he has traveled the world. 425 00:25:24,767 --> 00:25:29,887 Speaker 7: He has mixed with people both in you know, organized 426 00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:34,047 Speaker 7: crime and at the highest end of boxing. He has 427 00:25:34,927 --> 00:25:38,687 Speaker 7: followed his father's footsteps, first to the Costa del Salon, 428 00:25:38,847 --> 00:25:42,647 Speaker 7: then to Dubai. Daniel Kinahan had to come back to 429 00:25:42,727 --> 00:25:45,967 Speaker 7: Dublin to find a wife and his brother is the same. 430 00:25:46,487 --> 00:25:50,007 Speaker 1: What does that tell us about that, well, about Daniel Kinahan. 431 00:25:50,127 --> 00:25:54,487 Speaker 7: I just think that and maybe you'd need a psychologist 432 00:25:54,527 --> 00:25:57,127 Speaker 7: who could explain this sort of stuff to you. But 433 00:25:58,207 --> 00:26:02,887 Speaker 7: you know, has he got deep underlying insecurities there? Has 434 00:26:02,927 --> 00:26:07,607 Speaker 7: he lived a pretense as he always aspired to be 435 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:10,207 Speaker 7: his father and at the same time he has those 436 00:26:10,287 --> 00:26:14,727 Speaker 7: narcissistic tendencies. You know, does your world get smaller the 437 00:26:14,887 --> 00:26:16,887 Speaker 7: richer you get. You know, maybe you do have to 438 00:26:16,967 --> 00:26:20,007 Speaker 7: go back to the to the original circle to find 439 00:26:20,047 --> 00:26:23,207 Speaker 7: somebody that you trust. But I think it probably has 440 00:26:23,287 --> 00:26:27,207 Speaker 7: more to do with his insecurities. He's always had a 441 00:26:27,247 --> 00:26:27,767 Speaker 7: craving for. 442 00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:31,687 Speaker 2: Home and maybe that's why, well, he's getting ready to 443 00:26:31,847 --> 00:26:34,647 Speaker 2: enter a new phase of his life, Daniel just can't 444 00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:36,007 Speaker 2: let go of old grudges. 445 00:26:53,967 --> 00:26:58,407 Speaker 8: On the streets of north inner city Dublin, we had 446 00:26:58,647 --> 00:27:04,487 Speaker 8: armed patrons where our emergency response unit were seen along 447 00:27:04,607 --> 00:27:07,367 Speaker 8: with those members of the Girls she con it I 448 00:27:07,367 --> 00:27:10,447 Speaker 8: would normally walk the beat and they were there to 449 00:27:10,527 --> 00:27:14,647 Speaker 8: protect their lives, primarily of those who we knew to 450 00:27:14,727 --> 00:27:18,007 Speaker 8: be targets of the Kinahan organized crime group. So there 451 00:27:18,087 --> 00:27:20,807 Speaker 8: was a huge element of fear within the community. 452 00:27:21,767 --> 00:27:25,247 Speaker 2: Well, Daniel Kinahan establishes himself in his new home back 453 00:27:25,327 --> 00:27:27,847 Speaker 2: in Dublin. John O'Driscoll has just taken up a new 454 00:27:27,927 --> 00:27:30,807 Speaker 2: role as the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Serious Organized 455 00:27:30,847 --> 00:27:34,087 Speaker 2: Crime and his first job is to try and contain 456 00:27:34,207 --> 00:27:36,647 Speaker 2: the gang war that's broken out after the attempt on 457 00:27:36,767 --> 00:27:40,807 Speaker 2: Daniel's life. A year after the shooting at the Regency hotel, 458 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:45,927 Speaker 2: the violence was still raging. There's this grim contrast between 459 00:27:45,927 --> 00:27:49,327 Speaker 2: the Kinnahan's luxury life in Dubai and the brutality that 460 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:52,007 Speaker 2: they're orchestrating thousands of miles away in Ireland. 461 00:27:52,727 --> 00:27:53,527 Speaker 1: How is it even. 462 00:27:53,487 --> 00:27:57,527 Speaker 2: Possible to be ordering murders in a European capital with impunity. 463 00:27:58,287 --> 00:28:01,727 Speaker 2: There's only one thing on John's mind, stopping the Kinnahans. 464 00:28:02,607 --> 00:28:09,407 Speaker 8: Perhaps, if they hadn't engaged in the murderous activity that 465 00:28:09,967 --> 00:28:15,807 Speaker 8: emerged after the Regency, they may have escaped the level 466 00:28:15,847 --> 00:28:17,927 Speaker 8: of focus that was placed on them. 467 00:28:18,927 --> 00:28:22,687 Speaker 2: While Daniel Kinahan is making decisions about his wedding, choosing 468 00:28:22,727 --> 00:28:26,767 Speaker 2: the flowers, the wine list, the music, deciding on the menu. 469 00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:28,887 Speaker 1: He's also planning something else. 470 00:28:30,287 --> 00:28:32,847 Speaker 2: Three months before Daniel's wedding is due to take place, 471 00:28:33,207 --> 00:28:36,207 Speaker 2: an Estonian man in his late fifties lands in Dublin. 472 00:28:37,007 --> 00:28:39,967 Speaker 1: Unbelievably. This man he's known as the Butcher. 473 00:28:41,087 --> 00:28:44,767 Speaker 2: He's got a reputation as a ruthless professional, a man 474 00:28:44,847 --> 00:28:47,127 Speaker 2: who for the right amount of money, he'll get the 475 00:28:47,207 --> 00:28:50,727 Speaker 2: job done. So Daniel, in between picking out the final 476 00:28:50,807 --> 00:28:54,407 Speaker 2: details for his wedding, he gets in touch, but the 477 00:28:54,447 --> 00:28:57,727 Speaker 2: Irish police are prepared. They follow the Butcher from the 478 00:28:57,767 --> 00:29:01,087 Speaker 2: moment he lands in Dublin and soon it becomes clear 479 00:29:01,127 --> 00:29:04,527 Speaker 2: to them he's in Ireland working for the Kinahans. 480 00:29:04,847 --> 00:29:09,687 Speaker 8: And within a couple of hours had been apprehended. Gard 481 00:29:09,727 --> 00:29:13,327 Speaker 8: to Chicana and on entering a particular premises, was found 482 00:29:13,527 --> 00:29:16,967 Speaker 8: to be in contact with people believed to be based 483 00:29:17,247 --> 00:29:21,287 Speaker 8: in Dubai, where instructions in relation to a murder that 484 00:29:21,607 --> 00:29:25,767 Speaker 8: was to be undertaken were being discussed. 485 00:29:27,167 --> 00:29:33,367 Speaker 2: That person was convicted, so the contract killing fails. It's 486 00:29:33,407 --> 00:29:37,887 Speaker 2: a blow, but Daniel doesn't have time to dwell. One 487 00:29:37,927 --> 00:29:40,567 Speaker 2: of the most important aspects of planning any wedding is 488 00:29:40,607 --> 00:29:43,847 Speaker 2: the seating plan. Awkward cousins need to be spaced out, 489 00:29:44,367 --> 00:29:47,927 Speaker 2: doting aunts made to feel important, and for Daniel's wedding, 490 00:29:48,367 --> 00:29:50,327 Speaker 2: picking the right seating plan is going to be more 491 00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:53,767 Speaker 2: delicate than usual because among the guests scheduled to attend 492 00:29:54,327 --> 00:29:56,807 Speaker 2: some of the most powerful crime bosses on the planet. 493 00:29:57,727 --> 00:30:00,567 Speaker 2: Raphaeli Imperiale is one of the names on the guest lists. 494 00:30:01,087 --> 00:30:05,687 Speaker 2: Another it's really Antargi, the murderous Dutch crime lord. And 495 00:30:05,807 --> 00:30:09,847 Speaker 2: there's Richard Vega el Rico, the Dutch Chilean drug trafficker. 496 00:30:11,167 --> 00:30:13,087 Speaker 2: Each of them they're known to their police in their 497 00:30:13,127 --> 00:30:17,407 Speaker 2: home countries. Some are already on the run. But Daniel, 498 00:30:17,727 --> 00:30:21,007 Speaker 2: he succeeds in keeping the wedding quiet. There's no pictures 499 00:30:21,047 --> 00:30:25,007 Speaker 2: on social media. Nikola Tallon picks up some details from 500 00:30:25,047 --> 00:30:25,567 Speaker 2: her sources. 501 00:30:26,247 --> 00:30:28,767 Speaker 7: I'm going to say seventeen tiied wedding cake. It was 502 00:30:28,807 --> 00:30:31,367 Speaker 7: in the ballroom of the place. There was thrones for 503 00:30:31,487 --> 00:30:31,927 Speaker 7: him and her. 504 00:30:33,287 --> 00:30:35,327 Speaker 2: One way to get a glimpse into the luxury of 505 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:37,847 Speaker 2: a wedding at the Burj al Aram. It's from photos 506 00:30:37,887 --> 00:30:41,207 Speaker 2: and videos that other happy couples have shared online. The 507 00:30:41,287 --> 00:30:45,367 Speaker 2: ballroom is circular and dripping with gold paint. A vast 508 00:30:45,447 --> 00:30:49,887 Speaker 2: chandelier hangs from the domed ceiling. The waiting staff they're 509 00:30:49,927 --> 00:30:53,767 Speaker 2: dressed in tails, and there are flowers everywhere, vases and 510 00:30:53,927 --> 00:30:57,767 Speaker 2: arches of them, bouquets hanging over every table. There's also 511 00:30:57,767 --> 00:31:02,007 Speaker 2: an outside space, a terrace that feels private, jutting out 512 00:31:02,007 --> 00:31:05,767 Speaker 2: into the Persian Gulf. In the pictures I've seen, the 513 00:31:05,927 --> 00:31:09,127 Speaker 2: water gives this scene of feeling of peace and calm. 514 00:31:09,847 --> 00:31:12,207 Speaker 2: And I wonder if Daniel Kinahan was feeling calm that 515 00:31:12,367 --> 00:31:15,607 Speaker 2: day as he juggled the competing demands of cousins from 516 00:31:15,687 --> 00:31:17,887 Speaker 2: back home with some of the most wanted and dangerous 517 00:31:17,887 --> 00:31:21,247 Speaker 2: criminal master minds, because he might have been too busy 518 00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:25,407 Speaker 2: to notice that somebody there was paying particularly close attention 519 00:31:25,567 --> 00:31:28,687 Speaker 2: to the details of the day. One of the guests 520 00:31:29,047 --> 00:31:32,687 Speaker 2: is an informant, and later they'll share their account of 521 00:31:32,687 --> 00:31:36,487 Speaker 2: the wedding with Western law enforcement. It's not long before 522 00:31:36,527 --> 00:31:40,927 Speaker 2: the information reaches John O'Driscoll. Do you remember when you 523 00:31:41,087 --> 00:31:44,047 Speaker 2: learned about the wedding, Daniel Canahan's wedding in Dubai and 524 00:31:44,287 --> 00:31:46,247 Speaker 2: what did that make you feel when you learn about that. 525 00:31:46,807 --> 00:31:51,847 Speaker 8: To see Kinahan's at that table and perhaps even being 526 00:31:52,367 --> 00:31:57,367 Speaker 8: looked upon as performing some sort of leadership role, it 527 00:31:57,487 --> 00:32:01,367 Speaker 8: illustrated beyond any doubt that no one law enforcement entity 528 00:32:01,567 --> 00:32:07,167 Speaker 8: could achieve any realistic success on its own entackling one 529 00:32:07,207 --> 00:32:11,367 Speaker 8: of these criminal enterprises to loan a scenario where they 530 00:32:11,447 --> 00:32:12,647 Speaker 8: were cooperating together. 531 00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:16,567 Speaker 2: For John O'Driscoll, the message from the wedding is clear. 532 00:32:17,287 --> 00:32:19,607 Speaker 2: He knows that he and the Irish police they can't 533 00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:21,967 Speaker 2: tackle the kin Hands on their own. They're going to 534 00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:24,727 Speaker 2: have to work with partners in other law enforcement agencies. 535 00:32:25,727 --> 00:32:30,767 Speaker 2: And John realizes something else. Seizing drugs or convicting their associates, 536 00:32:31,447 --> 00:32:34,247 Speaker 2: they're just short term measures to really bring the kin 537 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:34,847 Speaker 2: Hands down. 538 00:32:35,247 --> 00:32:36,927 Speaker 1: He's going to have to focus on something else. 539 00:32:37,767 --> 00:32:40,807 Speaker 8: Money is the motive for getting involved in crime, and 540 00:32:40,967 --> 00:32:46,327 Speaker 8: whatever tactics law enforcement used to tackle organized crime. Until 541 00:32:46,367 --> 00:32:51,367 Speaker 8: such time as you tackle effectively the motive involved, you're 542 00:32:51,407 --> 00:32:54,527 Speaker 8: not going to achieve the dismantling of an organization. 543 00:32:55,847 --> 00:32:58,527 Speaker 2: John starts working on a plan. It's going to take 544 00:32:58,567 --> 00:33:01,167 Speaker 2: a few years for it to come to fruition. But 545 00:33:01,287 --> 00:33:05,007 Speaker 2: at the same time, elsewhere in Europe, police are close 546 00:33:05,087 --> 00:33:08,327 Speaker 2: to cracking an important code, a code that will take 547 00:33:08,367 --> 00:33:11,447 Speaker 2: them one step close to bringing down the Supercartel and 548 00:33:11,647 --> 00:33:14,327 Speaker 2: solving the murder of the electrician in Almair. 549 00:33:14,967 --> 00:33:16,367 Speaker 8: So in Then Netherlands. 550 00:33:16,887 --> 00:33:20,407 Speaker 7: The panics within Organized Crime group started. 551 00:33:20,647 --> 00:33:21,367 Speaker 8: On that day. 552 00:33:22,407 --> 00:33:24,367 Speaker 1: That's next time on Hot Money. 553 00:33:34,727 --> 00:33:37,167 Speaker 2: Hot Money is a production of The Financial Times and 554 00:33:37,247 --> 00:33:40,607 Speaker 2: Pushkin Industries. 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