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NEWS: Dubai mulls extradition of Kinahan cartel chiefs in its efforts to move of FATF’s grey list

By ALISHA HOULIHAN for AMLi

IRELAND’s police Commissioner has travelled to the UAE as part of efforts to have members of the Kinahan organised crime group extradited back to Europe.

Garda (Irish National Police) Commissioner Drew Harris met with the Commander in Chief of the Dubai Police to discuss bringing members of the Kinahan family before the courts. The gang members have been based in Dubai for several years and successfully evaded arrest there despite being sanctioned by US authorities and three of them carrying $5M bounties each.

Mr Harris has travelled to the United Arab Emirates city with the organised crime commander Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly to explore how Kinahan cartel

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