That’s the way it was brought in my national news bulletin:

The 49-year-old Irishman lived in Dubai for over ten years, where he was anything but in hiding. The Irish authorities had exerted pressure on the UAE for years to extradite him.

The US considers the Irishman one of the leaders of the notorious Kinahan cartel. The US had offered a reward of 5 million dollars for the tip that would lead to the arrest of the 49-year-old man. Only when the US became actively involved in the investigation did the Kinahans’ apparent immunity come to an end.

source: https://nos.nl/artikel/2626152-emiraten-dragen-topcrimineel-uit-kinahan-kartel-over-aan-ierland (relevant part machine translated)