I think in this case the fugitive will be realtively safe with a second identity provided by cousinKasco who controls the passport scam with stated discrepencies in the numbers of passports issued.

The Sicily trail will have been a diversion.

With a stash of that size, you take a private plane to your destination/s.

Children adapt relatively well in whatever situation they’re put.

I don’t think we’re looking at someone who plans to be on the move whilst being on the run.

He will probably lie low for the next 6 to 8 years.

In his absence, his partner will be freed of commercial blame.

Her poor parents didn’t know a thing, but there is no way I’m buying the story that Kasco had nothing to do with it.

I’ll even put forward the theory that Ryan is one of his scapegoats.

Facilitation and all intangibles to deals are also involvement.

Very well said Daphne! A parent’s first & foremost obligation to it’s child/children is to protect & never to put them in harm’s way. This individual is obviously very selfish & desperate. Having said this, his wife (the child’s mother) may not be innocent herself if she is accompanying her husband( not entirely against her will) as she is not only the child’s mother but, an adult & should also have her son’s best interest at heart! As a grandmother, I can fully comprehend the agonizing fear that the grandparents must be experiencing at the double disappearance/loss of both their daughter & grandson. I sincerely hope that the outcome to this tragic story will be a favourable one for all parties concerned!

He didn’t abduct his wife, she left in her own accord. She must have her fingers in it too. Poor boy yes, but no grandparent has a right on their grandson. They might be worried but nothing more.

A.Attard – I sincerely hope you don’t have children.

“allows his wife”?

Let us hope that she will summon the strength, courage and ability to find a safe place for herself and for her son, to eventually come home. That is only possible, of course, if she is not threatened by him or held captive.

She must realise that even if they are in the middle of nowhere and even if he has hidden their passports, she should try to escape from wherever they are, along with their son, even if in the dead of night, with or without their passports, and somehow try to get in touch with the police wherever she is.

She may be reflecting on her current situation and thinking that she may be charged with being a party to her husband’s crimes, but the safety and emotional well-being of her son should come first and foremost.

And she should also spare a thought for her family, who are, we hear, distraught.

Her son alone deserves that, if nobody else.

Imniehru and his son come to mind. Would they have thought of going to the police if/when they were threatened? Unlikely.