Overview
- At the UN Congress on September 27, Minister Abdullah Al Nuaimi said Daniel Kinahan was detained within 48 hours of an Irish extradition request and was extradited to Ireland after a Dubai Court of Cassation ruling on August 9, 2026.
- The UAE launched the International Cooperation Assistance System (Icas) in January 2026 and says it cut some judicial cooperation steps from seven days to five minutes while reducing staff work by about 80 percent.
- UAE officials say Icas has shortened average response times to voluntary extradition requests to five days and to complete mutual legal assistance requests to about 35 days.
- In November 2025 UAE and French authorities traced assets tied to four people and seized 82 properties in the UAE as part of coordinated asset-tracing and freezing measures.
- The ministry reported a sharp rise in demand for cooperation, with incoming extradition requests up 235 percent and mutual legal assistance requests up 244 percent between 2021 and 2025, and the UAE now holds more than 140 bilateral judicial agreements with 53 countries.