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Daniel Kinahan facing €9m bill over illegal foray into US boxing as drug empire crumbles

US court expected to issue ruling in damages case after mob boss failed to contest claims he washed drug money

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Mob boss Daniel Kinahan is facing a final bill of $10,732,500 (€9.8 million) over his illegal foray into US boxing as his drug empire crumbles — once a US court, as expected, grants full judgement against him.

Court papers filed on Friday in California specify for the first time the exact damages sought from Kinahan and MTK, after the drug lord and now-defunct boxing agency failed to contest allegations they abused the sport to launder cartel drug cash.

Attorney fees of an additional $513,154.19 (€473,000) are also sought to pay the legal costs of US boxing promoter Moses Heredia’s lawyers.

The massive bill is being presented to the sanctioned mob boss at a time when he and his drugs cartel are under attack on several fronts.

Not only is Kinahan trapped in Dubai as a result of the US sanctions imposed two years ago, the appointment of Simon Harris as Fine Gael leader on a law and order platform has increased hope among gardaí that political pressure will be ramped up to secure his extradition back to IrelandObvious signs of the crumbling nature of the cartel’s once all-powerful empire could be seen at Kinahan’s former mansion at Coldwater Lakes in CityWest this week.

The luxury five bedroom property, seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) from Kinahan in November 2022, is now in danger of becoming completely overgrown.

Pictures taken by this newspaper show how even the locks placed on the front gates by CAB are rusted over, while light fittings are broken and weeds are growing up through the brick driveway.

The High Court previously heard that the house has been “effectively owned” by Daniel Kinahan since 2014 after Jim Mansfield Junior handed over the home to repay money he owed when a deal to invest in property for the cartel fell through.

Prosecutors in the 1970s used it to prosecute the Mafia as well as others who were actively engaged in organised crime.

In later years, prosecutors have applied the law more broadly and used it to prosecute civil cases such as the one against Kinahan.