World · Dubai · ArchiveIrish Government Jet Heads to Dubai to Bring Back Alleged Mob Boss Daniel KinahanAired August 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00An Irish government aircraft took off on0:01the [music] morning of 8 August 20260:04bound for Dubai to collect Daniel0:06Kinahan, [music]0:07the man in his late 40s alleged to be0:08the leader of the Kinahan organized0:10crime group. He had been living in the0:12United Arab Emirates and was arrested0:13[music] there in April 2026. The Irish0:16jet left on the morning of 8 of August.0:18[music] The handover is expected0:19overnight into the morning of 9 of0:21August and the return to Ireland is due0:23on the evening of 9 of August if the0:24operation holds on schedule. The [music]0:26flight turns a years-long international0:28pursuit into a live handover operation,0:30[music]0:31moving the alleged boss from custody in0:33Dubai toward Ireland for the first time.0:35The feud between the Kinahan group and0:36the rival Hutch [music] gang has0:37resulted in 18 deaths, a cycle of0:40retaliatory killings that has defined0:41organized crime violence [music] in0:43Ireland. In 2022, 4 years before the0:45Dubai arrest, US authorities issued a0:48reward of up to $5 million [music] for0:50Kinahan's arrest, underscoring how far0:52the pursuit had already stretched beyond0:54Ireland. The operation links Dubai,0:56where he was detained after living in0:58the Emirates, to Ireland, [music] where1:00prosecutors would need to connect1:01distant leadership to the violence at1:03home. The allegation of leadership1:05remains [music] unproven. The transfer1:07is still in motion and what charges and1:09evidence will be presented if he lands1:11in Ireland as planned has not yet been1:12established, [music]1:13leaving accountability for the families1:15of the 18 dead still to be tested.1:17Whether the Dubai handover completes1:19overnight, whether Kinahan lands in1:21Ireland on 9th of August as scheduled,1:24and whether courts can deliver that1:26accountability remain unresolved while1:27the aircraft is in the air.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗