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Dawood Ibrahim is accused of heading a vast and sprawling illegal empire in and against India and Indians. After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings 1993 Bombay bombings], which Ibrahim allegedly organized and financed, he became India's most wanted man. According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States], Ibrahim maintained close links with [[Al-Qaeda|al-Qaeda]]'s [[Osama Bin Laden]]. As a consequence, the United States declared Dawood Ibrahim a "global [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist terrorist]" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_administration Bush administration] has since imposed several sanctions on Ibrahim and his associates. Indian and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia Russian] intelligence agencies have pointed out Ibrahim's possible involvement in several other terror attacks, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2008_Mumbai_attacks November 2008 Mumbai attacks], as per Interpol. | Dawood Ibrahim is accused of heading a vast and sprawling illegal empire in and against India and Indians. After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings 1993 Bombay bombings], which Ibrahim allegedly organized and financed, he became India's most wanted man. According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States], Ibrahim maintained close links with [[Al-Qaeda|al-Qaeda]]'s [[Osama Bin Laden]]. As a consequence, the United States declared Dawood Ibrahim a "global [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist terrorist]" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_administration Bush administration] has since imposed several sanctions on Ibrahim and his associates. Indian and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia Russian] intelligence agencies have pointed out Ibrahim's possible involvement in several other terror attacks, including the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2008_Mumbai_attacks November 2008 Mumbai attacks], as per Interpol. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Dawood Ibrahim was born on 26 December 1955 in a Konkani Muslim family in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. His father, Ibrahim Kaskar, worked as a head constable with the Mumbai Police and his mother, Amina, was a housewife. He lived in the Temkar Mohalla area of Dongri, attended Ahmed Sailor High School from which he dropped out. He grew up in the Dongri locality of Mumbai, which was when he came in contact with the gang of mobster Haji Mastan, after the latter attacked two of Ibrahim's men. Ibrahim, with his brother Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar formed the D-Company. | Dawood Ibrahim was born on 26 December 1955 in a Konkani Muslim family in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. His father, Ibrahim Kaskar, worked as a head constable with the Mumbai Police and his mother, Amina, was a housewife. He lived in the Temkar Mohalla area of Dongri, attended Ahmed Sailor High School from which he dropped out. He grew up in the Dongri locality of Mumbai, which was when he came in contact with the gang of mobster Haji Mastan, after the latter attacked two of Ibrahim's men. Ibrahim, with his brother Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar formed the D-Company. | ||
Ibrahim is believed to control much of the hawala system, which is the very commonly used unofficial system for transferring money and remittances outside the view of official agents. Many of the organisation's operations are in India. | Ibrahim is believed to control much of the hawala system, which is the very commonly used unofficial system for transferring money and remittances outside the view of official agents. Many of the organisation's operations are in India. | ||
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