Fergus Shiel

Washington, D.C., United States

Managing Editor at The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

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Christy Kinahan Sr created firms using pen name he developed at Portlaoise

1 month ago | sundayworld.com | Fergus Shiel

pseudonym | Details of the companies under the name Cian Sharkhin, and further background to the pseudonym, have been unearthedToday at 16:56Cartel godfather Christy Kinahan Sr created two companies using a pen name he developed while writing fiction behind bars at Portlaoise Prison. Details of the companies under the name Cian Sharkhin, and further background to the pseudonym, have been unearthed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
How dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo’ shaped business dealings of Christy Kinahan Sr

1 month ago | sundayworld.com | Fergus Shiel

He was part of a high-security prisoners’ writing group that included a killer with mystical pretensions. And it emerged that Kinahan Sr later named two of his companies with the same nom de plume he had used, Cian Sharkhin, which is an anagram of Chris Kinahan.
How a dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo’ shaped the business dealings of drug lord Christopher Kinahan Sr

1 month ago | independent.ie | Fergus Shiel

How a dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo’ shaped the business dealings of drug lord Christopher Kinahan SrDecades before the cartel boss fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside criminals including Dessie O’HareChristopher Kinahan Sr edited an anthology called ‘Prose and Cons’ while incarcerated in Portlaoise PrisonYou could call it the Deadly Poets Society. As he rose to become a cartel godfather, Christopher Kinahan Sr wrote and edited poetry and prose under a pen name.
How a dark reimagining of “Dumbo the Elephant” shaped the business dealings of an Irish drug lord

1 month ago | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

You could call it the Deadly Poets Society. As he rose to become a cartel godfather, Christopher Kinahan Sr. wrote and edited poetry and prose under a pen name as part of a high-security prisoners’ writing group that included a killer with mystical pretensions. And, in a twist fit for a thriller, Kinahan later named two of his companies with the same nom de plume he had used as the editor-of-choice for feared Irish felons: Cian Sharkhin — an anagram of Chris Kinahan.
Christy Kinahan Sr created firms using pen name he developed while writing fiction at Portlaoise Prison

1 month ago | independent.ie | Fergus Shiel

Christy Kinahan Sr created firms using pen name he developed while writing fiction at Portlaoise PrisonInvestigation links Christy Kinahan's literary pseudonym to money laundering companies Cartel godfather Christy Kinahan Sr created two companies using a pen name he developed while writing fiction behind bars at Portlaoise Prison.
Drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was paid millions of dollars “under the table” to be top promoter’s exclusive agent, court complaint alleges

Mar 5, 2025 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A leading boxing “fixer” says international crime boss Daniel Kinahan secretly struck a multi-million dollar deal with global fight promoter Top Rank to be its exclusive consultant outside of the U.S.Former Top Rank agent William (Billy) Keane claims in a lawsuit filed in California that the “under the table” deal was struck after Kinahan had helped him to get world champion Tyson Fury to agree to a rematch fight with Deontay Wilder.
Records tie narco-trafficking son of former Australian political leader to offshore company and Cyprus bank account

Dec 17, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A former Australian political leader’s son convicted of supplying narcotics and prescription drugs helped an offshore company to operate in several jurisdictions and to establish a bank account in Cyprus. Mark Chikarovski sold huge quantities of cocaine and other drugs on the dark web under the alias “AusCokeKing” in exchange for cryptocurrency. Chikarovski, from Sydney, is the son of former New South Wales Liberal Party leader Kerry Chikarovski.
Former BVI premier sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine-trafficking conspiracy

Aug 26, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A U.S. court has sentenced a British Virgin Islands leader, who pledged to clean up the Caribbean archipelago’s reputation as a tax haven, to more than a decade in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Earlier this year, the former BVI premier and finance minister, Andrew Alturo Fahie, was convicted at trial of agreeing to facilitate the safe passage of thousands of kilograms of Colombian cocaine through BVI ports en route to Miami.
A notorious drug kingpin set up shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to employ alleged cartel underlings, documents show

Aug 20, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel |Marcos García Rey |Jelena Cosic

An international cartel leader accused of deluging countries in Europe and beyond with cocaine and amphetamines set up a company in Dubai to employ key members of his organization, including three men accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and attempting to overthrow the Bosnian state, records leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal.
Former BVI premier sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine-trafficking conspiracy

Aug 14, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A U.S. court has sentenced a British Virgin Islands leader, who pledged to clean up the Caribbean archipelago‘s reputation as a tax haven, to more than a decade in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Earlier this year, the former BVI premier and finance minister, Andrew Alturo Fahie, was convicted at trial of agreeing to facilitate the safe passage of thousands of kilograms of Colombian cocaine through BVI ports en route to Miami.

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Articles

Christy Kinahan Sr created firms using pen name he developed at Portlaoise

How dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo’ shaped business dealings of Christy Kinahan Sr

How a dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo’ shaped the business dealings of drug lord Christopher Kinahan Sr

How a dark reimagining of “Dumbo the Elephant” shaped the business dealings of an Irish drug lord

Christy Kinahan Sr created firms using pen name he developed while writing fiction at Portlaoise Prison

Drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was paid millions of dollars “under the table” to be top promoter’s exclusive agent, court complaint alleges

Records tie narco-trafficking son of former Australian political leader to offshore company and Cyprus bank account

Former BVI premier sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine-trafficking conspiracy

A notorious drug kingpin set up shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to employ alleged cartel underlings, documents show

Former BVI premier sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine-trafficking conspiracy

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