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Gangsters’ paradise – Dubai’s finely spun web starts to unravel
His finely spun web has entangled the former Irish president, Mary Robinson, his estranged wife Princess Haya and the blue-bloods of the Irish Turf who tapped him for more than €5m for the redevelopment of the Curragh Racecourse. Dubai, his middle-eastern emirate, also harbours Christy Kinahan, head of the notorious drugs cartel. And it is…
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Justine McCarthy: Mary Robinson must lead on search for missing Princess Latifa
For those of us who celebrated Mary Robinson’s election as Ireland’s first woman president in 1990 the vapour trails of euphoria lingered long after she had left Aras an Uachtarain seven years later. She was a feminist who did not just talk the talk; she had walked the walk to Leinster House and the Four…
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I released Princess Latifa’s ‘prison’ video. I pray it doesn’t backfire
Tiina Jauhiainen was on holiday at her parents’ house in northern Finland in the spring of 2019 when her phone lit up with a message from a stranger. The person said they had a message from Princess Latifa Al Maktoum of Dubai, Jauhiainen’s best friend. It was a heart-stopping moment. A year earlier, Jauhiainen, an…
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Theresa May paid £115k to speak at event founded by Dubai ruler accused of kidnapping
EXCLUSIVE: The Tory Maidenhead MP and former Prime Minister Theresa May flew out to the Gulf last year to speak at the Global Women’s Forum event – which was founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Former PM Theresa May accepted £115,000 to address a women’s forum founded by the Dubai ruler accused of…
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United Nations and the BHA would do well to take heed and learn lessons of former Newmarket school governor’s stand against Sheikh Mohammed
At a certain point in Panorama’s 32-minute report, The Missing Princess, broadcast last Tuesday, a troubling story became disturbing. From wondering how Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum was coping with being held captive by her father, the ruler of Dubai, the viewer’s concern was for the young woman’s safety. The princess is one of…
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How mobile networks were used to locate fleeing Princess Latifa
Accomplices in row over who’s phone gave away location of secret escape yacht carrying Princess Latifa. The yacht aboard which fleeing Dubai royal Princess Latifa hoped to reach India – and eventually a life of freedom beyond the clutches of her domineering father – was well-equipped for open water sailing. A 29-metre ketch motor sailer…
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Prinzessin Unzerstörbar: Die Tochter des Emirs von Dubai kämpft seit Jahren für ihre Freiheit
Latifa Al Maktum, Scheicha aus Dubai, soll seit drei Jahren die Geisel ihres Vaters sein. Nun ermitteln sogar die Vereinten Nationen. Es gibt ein Video von Latifa Al Maktum, in dem sie fliegt. Kopfüber rast die Scheicha auf die Erde zu, unter ihr die künstlichen Palmeninseln Dubais. Die Sonne strahlt durch den Dunst, der Wind…
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Princess Indestructible: The daughter of the Emir of Dubai has been fighting for her freedom for years
Latifa Al Maktoum, Sheikha from Dubai, has been said to have been her father’s hostage for three years. Now even the United Nations are investigating. There is a video of Latifa Al Maktoum in which she is flying. The sheikha races upside down towards the earth, below her the artificial palm islands of Dubai. The…
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2018 ‘covert’ op that is embarrassing India
It is not anybody’s case that Princess Latifa was wanted for any crime in her home country and that we had only cooperated for rendering her to justice in the UAE. Our ‘unprecedented operation’, as per the daily, had involved ‘three Coast Guard ships, helicopters and a maritime surveillance aircraft’ to locate ‘a US-flagged yacht’…
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British foreign policy is turning a blind eye to rights abuses
It is the destination of choice for influencers wanting to top up their tans; it is a prized purchaser of British weaponry. It is at the centre of post-Brexit trade plans. The United Arab Emirates is also a serial abuser of human rights. The dilemma is not new. Nor are the double standards. When Robin…