20 Facts About Christy Kinahan

Christy Kinahan is the alleged leader of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, which he runs with his two sons, Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jr.

Christy Kinahan was raised as the only son in a middle-class family in Dublin.

Christy Kinahan began his career in crime as a fraudster, specialising in cheque fraud, often using his well-spoken manner to pass as an Englishman or upper-class Irishman.

Christy Kinahan later became involved in the lucrative heroin business during Dublin's heroin epidemic of the 1980s.

Christy Kinahan became the city's preeminent heroin supplier after the Dublin drug lord Larry Dunne was imprisoned and his network disbanded.

Christy Kinahan was jailed for six years after being arrested in Marino for crimes related to the seizure of this heroin.

Christy Kinahan was again arrested in 1993; charged with possession of stolen cheques, but was bailed and fled to the UK.

The formation of the CAB caused Christy Kinahan to flee the country and take refuge in Amsterdam, a city described by the Irish journalist Paul Williams as "the Wall Street of the international drug market".

Christy Kinahan introduced Cunningham to the drug trade and the pair became partners in crime.

Christy Kinahan was denied bail and eventually jailed for four years at Portlaoise Prison, Ireland's main maximum security prison.

Christy Kinahan moved to Europe in the early 2000s, where he is suspected of setting up drug routes into Western Europe for Mexican and Colombian cartels, and the Russian mafia.

Christy Kinahan is believed, by UK detectives, to have laundered drug-dealing profits by funding 27 fixed horse races between December 2002 and August 2004.

Christy Kinahan's home was raided by Spanish police in 2010, he spent a few months in jail, though no charges were brought.

Christy Kinahan's ex-wife lived in Dublin and died in 2015.

Christy Kinahan's son Daniel is a boxing promoter, lives in a villa in Guadalmina and allegedly runs the day-to-day aspects of his father's gang.

Christy Kinahan was probably the main target of the Regency Hotel shooting.

Christy Kinahan already has convictions for money laundering in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

On New Year's Eve 2015, gunmen associated with Christy Kinahan are believed to have targeted Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch at a pub in Lanzarote.

Christy Kinahan is a suspect in six murders, including the father and uncle of Jamie Kavanagh in 2014 and 2015.

Christy Kinahan is believed to be hiding out in Dubai, a claim supported by Google Maps reviews posted as recently as 2023 under the alias 'Christopher Vincent' which appear to show his reflection in attached photos.