Ten years after “escaping assassination and fleeing into exile”, the alleged head of Ireland’s biggest organised crime syndicate landed in Dublin on Sunday. Met at the airport by a massive security operation, the 49-year-old was immediately taken to the Criminal Courts of Justice to face a charge of directing organised crime, then whisked away to the high-security Portlaoise Prison. Sign upLatest Videos From The Week UK Watch full video here:Who is Daniel Kinahan? In April 2022, following pressure from the Irish authorities, the Kinahan Organised Crime Group was sanctioned by the US, which compared the group to “Mexico’s Los Zetas, Japan’s yakuza and Russia’s ‘Thieves In Law’”. Sign up for The Week’s free daily newsletter, Today’s Best Articles Join 275,000+ subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening, and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.