Daniel Kinahan Faces Extradition to Ireland Within Weeks After UAE Appeal Loss
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 30
Daniel Kinahan Faces Extradition to Ireland Within Weeks After UAE Appeal Loss
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 30
Summary
Daniel Kinahan is expected to be flown from the UAE to Ireland within weeks after losing appeals against extradition under an Irish court warrant issued in April.
UAE authorities are now expected to sign off the transfer quickly, formally starting the extradition process over allegations he led an organised crime group.
Irish police and Defence Forces are preparing a major security operation to bring him back, where he is expected to appear before Irish courts in the coming weeks.
Kinahan was sanctioned by the US in 2022 as a leader of the Kinahan cartel, and Ireland last month jailed associate Sean McGovern for 24 years after a separate UAE extradition.
The case reaches back to the 2016 Regency Hotel attack and the Hutch-Kinahan feud, a gang conflict that has killed 18 people.