CHRISTY CROOK

Cartel kingpin Christy Kinahan tracked around world using reviews and pictures HE posted on Google Maps

The posts also revealed how the 67-year-old visited a restaurant in Fuengirola, Spain, with “’three guests’ in 2021

• Published: 8:00, 1 Apr 2024

CARTEL kingpin Christy Kinahan has been tracked around the world using reviews and pictures he posted on Google Maps.

The ‘Dapper Don’, who has a $5million bounty on his head from US authorities, has put up hundreds of posts under the name ‘Christopher Vincent’.

Information found by trawling through the mob boss’s reviews include a photo taken last May of him and wanted son Christopher Jr eating at a bistro in Dubai — the first picture of the pair in years.

The posts also revealed how the 67-year-old visited a restaurant in Fuengirola, Spain, with “three guests” in 2021.

The diner is just 100 metres from where Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch was eventually arrested that same year over the attempted murder of Daniel Kinahan at Dublin’s Regency Hotel.

Hutch has since been acquitted.The probe by investigative group Bellingcat and The Sunday Times, found the drug trafficker has been staying in five-star resorts and eating at upmarket restaurants in the United Arab Emirates.

This, despite claims by the country that it had seized Kinahan’s assets.

Christy has left over 200 reviews and ratings and posted 1,100 photos and four videos on the Google Maps profile.

He has logged on “business” meetings, family outings, yacht trips and food served.The thug also offers his opinions on the wait staff and has shopped at Rolex and flown business class around the globe.

His first review was giving three stars to outlet Bareburger on City Walk in Al Wasl, Dubai — close to where he has been living since moving to the Middle East in 2016.

In a post about Mitts and Trays Blue Water in Dubai, Kinahan said he “walked out before food was delivered because of the length of wait, which is not so bad for adults, but when you have children with you it can be a hassle”.

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The mob boss has also posted reviews from Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium, Turkey, Egypt, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Hong Kong.

In 2021, Christy can be seen in the reflection of a mirror in a picture he posted from a stay in the Aurea Ana Palace hotel in Budapest, Hungary.

In March 2023, the gangster posted about the Cycle Bistro, in Dubai, saying he would “definitely return”.

Then on May 28, the restaurant’s social media account posted a picture of customers enjoying a meal.

DINING OUT

And in the background Christy, with his back to the camera, can be seen dining with his son Christopher Jr.

The caption on the post reads: “Pretty cool customers in the house!”
Christy’s most recent post, from 11 months ago, is a review of the InterContinental Fujairah Resort Hotel in the UAE.