Who Is Daniel Duggan? Wikipedia, Age, Parents, Wife, Extradition

Former US Marine pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited from Australia to face US charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, a Sydney magistrate ruled on 24 May 2024. He is facing US charges including money laundering and breaking arms control law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers. However, he denies the allegations.

Who Is Daniel Duggan? Biography & Parents Details

Daniel Duggan was a United States Marine Corps fighter and instructor pilot who is facing U.S. charges including money laundering and breaking arms control law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers. He was arrested in October 2022 at the request of the U.S. government seeking his extradition based on charges of arms trafficking and money laundering. He can be extradited from Australia to face U.S. charges. Apart from that, Daniel Duggan is yet to have a Wikipedia page.

Daniel Duggan was born Daniel Edmund Duggan to his mother, Anne Duggan, and his father, Joseph F. Duggan, Jr, in Boston, Massachusetts. As per records, his mother, who died in 2023 at the age of 95, was a Longtime resident of Milton. His mother suffered a stroke in 2023. However, there is no proper information regarding his father in the public media. Apart from that, he grew up along with his 12 brothers and sisters.

Daniel Duggan was born somewhere in 1969 which makes him 55 years old at the time of writing. However, there is no proper information regarding when he enjoys celebrating his birthday and what his zodiac or birth sign is.

Meanwhile, as Daniel Duggan was born to his parents in Boston, Massachusetts, he holds American nationality. Apart from that, he comes from a family of white ethnic background and follows Christianity as his religion.

Concerning his educational background, Daniel Duggan started his educational journey in his hometown. After graduating high school, he achieved his college degree from a renowned college. At the age of 55, Daniel Duggan looks fabulous at his height of 5 feet and 11 inches with a decent weight.

Daniel Duggan Wikipedia Details

Daniel Duggan Married Life

Daniel Duggan is a married man and has a wife named Saffrine Duggan. However, there is limited information regarding his wife and their married life. As per records, after he was arrested, his wife lodged a complaint with the United Nations human rights committee, arguing her husband’s segregated, maximum security imprisonment was unjustified and causing him severe psychological distress in 2023.

After years of married life, Daniel Duggan is a father to his six school-aged kids. His wife regularly talks about his kids' missing him after he has been in prison for almost two years.

Daniel Duggan Career & Net Worth Insights

Daniel Duggan served more than a decade flying in the US Marine Corps, rising to the rank of major and working as a military tactical flight instructor. As per records, he served in the Corps for 13 years before retiring in 2002. He became an AV-8B Harrier fighter pilot and an instructor pilot during his service.

He founded and became chief pilot of Top Gun Tasmania, a business based in Tasmania state that offered joy flights in a BAC Jet Provost, a British military jet trainer, and a Chinese military propellor-driven trainer, a CJ-6A Nanchang. As per records, he had been the general manager of AVIBIZ Limited since 2017.

A 2017 US grand jury indictment alleged Duggan received at least A$116,000 (US$81,000) in payments in 2011 and 2012 for his work training Chinese fighter pilots at a test flight academy based in South Africa, with a presence in the People’s Republic of China.

However, there is no proper information regarding Daniel Duggan's net worth at the time of writing.