Even for a career criminal, Christy Kinahan always had an eye on bigger things. Nothing got in the way of his plans for an international drugs empire and the vast riches that would follow.
But as he approaches his twilight years with a $5million US government bounty on his head, the so-called ‘Dapper Don’ must occasionally wonder why he set his goals quite so high.
Kinahan rose from low-level gangsterism in 1980s Dublin to head a global crime syndicate that looked untouchable.
Yet latest reports suggest that the 68-year-old, together with members of his inner circle including sons Daniel, 48, and Christopher Jr, 44, are at risk of imminent arrest and prosecution.
It comes after key associate Sean McGovern was extradited from the gang’s base in Dubai to face a murder charge in Ireland.
