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Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan lands in Dublin after extradition from Dubai

The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang was extradited to Ireland from Dubai on Sunday to face allegations that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain and the US. Kinahan, who was arrested in Dubai in April, was ⁠named by the United States in 2022 as one of three leaders of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. US authorities offered a $5 million reward for their ‌arrests.

By FRANCE24

Daniel Kinahan to be segregated in Portlaoise Prison with his own gym and library

Alleged crime kingpin to be housed on landing capable of accommodating eight inmates, but cleared for high-profile arrival

By Conor Lally

Extra: Inside the court as Daniel Kinahan charged and jailed 

Daniel Kinahan sounded bemused when he described the frenzy around his life as “movie stuff”, but the scenes that accompanied his trip back to Ireland were undeniably cinematic. A trip on a €53m government jet that was tracked by the public in real-time, a ring of steel around parts of Dublin as he was escorted in a bomb-proof convoy, and a long-awaited appointment at the Criminal Courts of Justice. Perhaps the most surprising aspect, however, was the alleged criminal kingpin’s affable back a...

Daniel Kinahan been charged with directing a criminal organisation - so what does that mean?

The charge the alleged organised crime boss faces was created two decades ago to deal with feuding gangs in Limerick city and a growing and murderous Dublin gangland ecosystem.