Why it was dangerous to get on the wrong side of Lone Wolf bikie boss Eric ‘the Wolf’ Keskin

An ex-associate of dead bikie kingpin Erkan ‘Eric the Wolf’ Keskin has revealed why it was a bad idea to get on the wrong side of the Lone Wolf boss.

It’s well established that recently deceased Lone Wolf bikie gang boss Erkan Keskin was a dangerous man, but one of his ex-associates gave us an insight this week about why it was a bad idea to get on the wrong side of him.

“If you crossed him, he never forgot about it,” the associate said.

So how did this play out in practical terms?

“Put it this way,” the associate said. “Two other rival bikies bashed him (Keskin) when they were all in jail together.

“Keskin wanted blood. “He put a hit out on one of them for $500,000 to $1m.”

Then what happened?

“The bloke survived a few murder attempts because the guys he hired couldn’t get the job done,” he said. “But he eventually turned up dead.”

Was it Keskin?

“What do you reckon?”

Deceased Lone Wolf bikie Erkan Keskin with wife Kristen Keskin in 2018. Picture: AAP Image

Keskin, 44, died from a suspected heart attack in Turkey last Monday and was one of the country's most feared crime figures believed to be behind more than six underworld executions and was still in control of the Lone Wolf bikie gang despite fleeing Australia in 2019.

Keskin, a father of four, who lived in Dubai and then Turkey was importing large amounts of drugs into Australia and ruled his organisation through fear. His death will have serious effects on the bikie landscape in Sydney where 22 high-profile gangsters have been slain in underworld executions since 2009.

A senior NSW police officer agreed the power base of the Lone Wolf will be weakened by the death of Keskin.

“It happens when forceful leaders like him go. It happened with the Rebels when Alex Vella was refused a visa to come back into Australia, it happened to some extent when Mick Hawie was boss of the Comanchero and was jailed over the airport brawl. It wasn't till Mark Buddle took over that they started to get a bit of a rep again as being a force,’’ he said.

Keskin was known as an APOT – Australian Priority Organisation Target – which is a list of the most wanted Australian criminals being hunted across the world considered by the nations law enforcement agencies to be a threat to the national ­interest.

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