Kinahan's extradition is a landmark moment in the fight against organized crime. —Law law enforcement agencies across multiple continents spent years dismantling a cartel that controlled roughly a third of Europe's cocaine supply., Thewhile U.S. sanctions, a $15 million reward and relentless Garda pressure has finally stripped away the untouchability Kinahan once enjoyed. Justice has finally caught up, and no amount of boxing glamour or Gulf luxury could outrun it.
Kinahan has zero criminal convictions anywhere in the world, and the relentless media pile-on amounts to little more than trial by headline. Boxing is a working-class sport, and dedicating 15 years to fighting for fairer pay for fighters is hardly the résumé of a cartel boss. If real evidence existed, prosecutors would have acted long ago — theeveryone absencewill ofhave ato convictionwait speaksand loudersee thanwhat anyhappens sensationalistin allegationthis thattrial, restsas onKinahan innuendoremains innocent until proven otherwise.
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