 | Irish mob boss Christy Kinahan is facing an exit from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after his residence visa was cancelled. Iran is emerging as a possible destination following more than a decade in Dubai. His residency visa was canceled on August 31, 2026, and he was ordered to leave Dubai by September 29, 2026. Kinahan, 69, built a global €1.5 billion drug and crime cartel. The latest follow the extradition of Kinahan’s eldest son, Daniel, from Dubai to Ireland, where he faces charges of directing the activities of a criminal organization. | Kinahan’s other son, Christopher, had been issued a new two-year UAE visa despite his status as a sanctioned individual. |  |
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 | The boss's use a fraudulent passport came back to haunt him after he was charged with passport fraud by Spanish police. It was a common tactic to use the identities of homeless people to obtain passports. Cops suspect Kinahan used it for a few months before obtaining another.
The man who once ran a €1b drug empire before passing control to his eldest son Daniel is now an ageing gangster who is largely retired. At present, the ‘Dapper Don’ remains in Dubai, although many gangsters are said to be abandoning Dubai. Africa and Asia were among his remaining options after the US imposed sanctions on Kinahan and his sons, Daniel and Christopher, in 2022. |  |
Raids in 2010 involved 750 police officers across Ireland, the UK and Spain, as well as follow-up raids in Belgium, Cyprus, Dubai, South Africa and Brazil returned little. It has been revealed that the catalogue of failures by Spanish authorities that gave the Kinahan gang free rein was no accident.
 | The mob was always one step ahead of the Spanish cops and knew when they were moving in. The answer lies in the €5,000 a month paid to two senior Spanish officers. The multinational operation in 2010 that saw around 30 cartel associates arrested in Spain, Ireland and the UK in 2010 left the boss and his sons untouched. The number of dropped charges, after being dragged out for years, was mountainous. | 
Daniel Kinahan |
