Who is Dawood Ibrahim and what is his net worth?

DAWOOD Ibrahim is considered to be a criminal kingpin and is one of India's most wanted men.

Here we take a look into the life and crimes of Ibrahim.

Who is Dawood Ibrahim?

Dawood Ibrahim, born December 26, 1995, is one of the most prominent criminals in the Indian underworld.

The Mumbai mob mass is considered to be a criminal kingpin, a large-scale drug runner and reportedly heads the D-Company - an organised crime syndicate formed in the 1970s.

In 2003, Ibrahim was placed on a list of global terrorists by the US, which described him as a "son of a police constable (who) has reigned as one of the pre-eminent criminals in the Indian underworld for most of the past two decades".

A reward of $25 million was put up in relation to his suspected role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings - in which 257 people died and more than 700 were wounded.

He is considered a terrorist by the US Department of the Treasury Office - which has forbidden US financial entities from working with him and seizing assets believed to be under his control.

According to police, Ibrahim carried out killings for the late Karim Lala in his early years with the mob, before becoming the kingpin of Mumbai's underworld in the 1980s and early 1990s - a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise involved in prostitution, gambling and drugs, reports.

In 1986, Ibrahim fled to Dubai to avoid criminal prosecution, but continued to remain a key figure in the city's criminal underworld.

In 2011, he was named third on "The World's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives" by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Forbes - with numerous attempts being made to locate him, although he has eluded custody to this date.

Ibrahim was also the subject of Netflix's true crime documentary Mumbai Mafia: Police vs the underworld - a 90-minute film that explores Ibrahim’s rule, the dangerous gangsters-versus-cops dynamic and its lasting impact on Indian culture.

According to reports Ibrahim is married and has four children - three daughters and one son.

What is Dawood Ibrahim's net worth?

As of 2023, Dawood Ibrahim's exact net worth is not known.

However, in 2015 Forbes estimated his net worth to be in the region of $6.7 billion (£5,236,988,000.00)

According to reports in 2017, Ibrahim is the second richest criminal to have ever lived.