Dawood Ibrahim is 2nd richest gangster of all time; 10 things about most wanted global terrorist
The 1993-Mumbai blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim runs a business empire through legal and illegal means across three continents. Forbes estimated his net worth at USD 6.7 billion in 2015.
In Short
- Dawood Ibrahim has business interests across three continents.
- Forbes estimated his assets at USD 6.7 billion in 2015.
- UNSC committee has named Dawood as global terrorist.
The reports of Dawood Ibrahim being seriously ill have led to speculations about the successor of his business empire.
Some reports suggest that his brother Anees would inherit the trans-continental business of the most wanted international terrorist while others hint at a more equitable sharing of Dawaood Ibrahim's assets among his family members and trusted aides.
According to Forbes, Dawood Ibrahim is one of the richest gangsters of all time. In 2015, Forbes estimated Dawood Ibrahim's net asset at USD 6.7 billion.
Only notorious drug smuggler and gangster Pablo Escobar of Colombia was valued by Forbes higher. In 1989, Forbes estimated Pablo Escobar's net worth at USD 9 billion.
- Dawood Ibrahim is an accused of carrying out 1993-Mumbai bomb blasts, 26/11 terror attacks, having close links with proscribed terror outfit Al Qaida' Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, 2G spectrum scam and IPL spot fixing scam among others.
- Dawood Ibrahim has been named by the UN Security Council's IS and al-Qaida Sanctions Committee as global terrorist.
- The UN list has put out 15 aliases of Dawood Ibrahim. These are: Dawood Ebrahim, Sheikh Dawood Hassan, Abdul Hamid Abdul Aziz, Anis Ibrahim, Aziz Dilip, Daud Hasan Shaikh Ibrahim Kaskar, Daud Ibrahim Memon Kaskar, Dawood Hasan Ibrahim Kaskar, Dawood Ibrahim Memon, Dawood Sabri, Kaskar Dawood Hasan, Shaikh Mohd Ismail Abdul Rehman, Dowood Hassan Shaikh Ibrahim, Shaikh Ismail Abdul and Hizrat.
- The UN has acknowledged that Dawood Ibrahim lives in Pakistan. It has confirmed not less than six of the nine addresses shared by India. Dawood Ibrahim lives in the posh Clifton area of Karachi. He lives in a palatial bungalow spread over 6,000 square yards at D-13, Block-4, Clifton, Karachi in Pakistan.
- The lane in which his bungalow is located is a no-trespass zone of Karachi and is heavily guarded by Pakistani Rangers. Dawood Ibrahim enjoys patronage of ISI.
- Dawood Ibrahim has his business interests in more than a dozen countries spread over Europe, Africa and South Asia. He has assets worth USD 450 million in the UK alone. He is said to have invested in over 50 properties in different countries.
- Dawood Ibrahim's business are spread over India, Pakistan, UK, Germany, Turkey, France, Spain, Morocco, Cyprus, UAE, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
- Despite a tight vigil by the government, Dawood Ibrahim's earnings from the illegal businesses in India have not dried up completely. Some reports suggest that up to 40 per cent of his earnings still comes from India. His main business in India is pumping fake Indian currency notes (FICN). Though, demonetisation by the Modi government is said to have hurt his business severely.
- Dawood Ibrahim's another flourishing business with Indian connection is illegal trade in diamonds from South Africa, where his close associate Chhota Shakeel is said to have shifted his base from Dubai. Most of the diamonds mined in South Africa including those of Dawood Ibrahim's comes to India for cutting and polishing.
- Chhota Shakeel is also understood to be running Dawood Ibrahim's crime syndicate in India. Chhota Shakeel is believed to be the person, who recruits contract killers to do the job in India. Chhota Shakeel is helped by another trusted aide of Dawood Ibrahim and is identified by the name Rehmat in South Africa.
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