As Spanish police swooped and arrested 'priority fugitive' Byrne, we look at how he used personal connections to work his way up in the Kinahan Cartel
Liam Byrne rose to the top of Ireland’s underworld relying heavily on personal connections as he became an integral part of the Kinahan Cartel.
Jaws was known for involvement in fraud and counterfeiting and was targeted by CAB and Revenue over 20 years ago, agreeing to pay out hundreds of thousands in settlements. In his early teens he was dealing drugs with other young criminals who were supplied by Christy Kinahan Snr who was basing himself between Ireland and the UK at the time but they got their supply elsewhere after Kinahan was jailed in the 1990s.
Donnelly had been in the Abrakebabra after a night out when three drunk women came in and started mouthing off at them. Byrne’s time in jail did nothing to stop his rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld but as he was inside many of his associates were heavily involved in the Crumlin-Drimnagh feud led on one side by Byrne’s cousin Fat Freddie Thompson and the other by Brian Rattigan.
By the time Liam Byrne was released from prison in the mid-2000s, Christy Kinahan had moved to Spain and become a bigger player in the international drug scene.
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