Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai

According to an investigation by Bellingcat and The Sunday Times, a sanctioned lieutenant of the Kinahan Cartel—a major organized crime organization—has been operating openly in Dubai, playing at a padel club in the city's west. Padel, one of the world's fastest-growing racquet sports, has become an unlikely backdrop to this discovery about a figure under international sanctions apparently living with impunity in the United Arab Emirates.

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