Government officials are negotiating with authorities in Dubai to get Kinahan alleged cartel leader Sean McGovern sent home to stand trial in Ireland.
Senior diplomatic sources have confirmed to the Irish Mirror that civil servants have been speaking to their counterparts in the Middle East state for almost a year. It is part of an international crackdown on the cartel led by mobster Daniel Kinahan, 45.
There is no extradition treaty between Ireland and Dubai so McGovern – one of seven alleged leaders of the €1bn cartel named and sanctioned by the US in April – cannot be the subject of such a legal request.
