The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai

"The Burj Al Arab, which opened in Dubai in 1999, has often been called the world's only seven-star hotel. The rating is unofficial-hotels are generally ranked from one to five stars-but it befits the de-trop vibe. The building, which was constructed by an army of migrant workers, is shaped like a billowing spinnaker and rises on a man-made island off the coast."

"In May, 2017, Daniel Kinahan and Caoimhe Robinson, both Dubliners, were married at the hotel. The groom-short and burly, with thinning dark hair and eyes like coal-was weeks from his fortieth birthday. The bride was in her mid-thirties, with bottle-blond hair and ice-white teeth. One can assume that the toasts skipped lightly over the newlyweds' previous relationships. Robinson's former partner Micka (the Panda) Kelly was murdered in 2011, in Dublin, by an assassin, who shot him fourteen times before reversing a car over his body."

"Underneath a giant chandelier in the ballroom of the Burj Al Arab, the couple sat on thrones, surrounded by a colorful crowd of family, friends, and business associates. One of the revellers was Tyson Fury, the six-foot-nine former heavyweight champion of the world. He has sometimes worked with Kinahan-a boxing impresario who is also known, to law-enforcement officials, as the head of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group."

Daniel Kinahan operates a billion-dollar criminal enterprise from the United Arab Emirates. He married Caoimhe Robinson at Dubai's Burj Al Arab in May 2017. The wedding featured elite guests including heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury and alleged international cocaine traffickers Ridouan Taghi and Edin Gačanin. Law-enforcement officials identify Kinahan as head of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group and as a boxing impresario. Robinson's former partner, Micka (the Panda) Kelly, was murdered in Dublin in 2011, shot fourteen times before his body was run over. Social-media posting was banned at the wedding, though Fury briefly tweeted his attendance.

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