A comprehensive investigation has uncovered substantial Dubai real estate holdings valued at approximately $1.7 million connected to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The findings, documented in a recent report from investigative organization The Sentry, reveal a complex network of property transactions and corporate entities that allegedly serve to conceal the assets of the Sudanese military leader known as Hemedti.
The investigation identifies three residential apartments in Dubai’s eastern suburbs, purchased by Hemedti in March 2020 near the UAE’s al-Minhad military air base, along with commercial property in the emirate. Although initially acquired under his personal name, these assets were subsequently transferred in July 2022 to Prodigious Real Estate Management Supervision Services, a UAE-registered entity.
Prodigious is wholly owned by Abo Zer Abdelnabi Habiballa Ahmmed (also known as Abozer Habib), whom the US Treasury sanctioned in 2025 as owner of the Capital Tap group. This conglomerate has longstanding connections to the RSF, with constituent companies allegedly providing financial and military equipment to the paramilitary force.
The report estimates the three Dubai properties associated with Hemedti at nearly $1 million, while Prodigious maintains additional commercial holdings worth approximately $670,000. Between 2023 and 2025, these properties generated minimum annual rental income of $80,000 from tenants unaware of their landlords’ connections to the Sudanese conflict.
The investigation utilized leaked Dubai property records from 2020 and 2022 obtained by the Centre for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), with verification support from the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
These findings emerge amid mounting evidence of substantial ties between the UAE and the RSF, despite official denials from Abu Dhabi. The relationship predates Sudan’s April 2023 conflict, with Hemedti previously acknowledging that Sudan provided 30,000 fighters—primarily from RSF ranks—to support the UAE and Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
The report further details a sophisticated gold smuggling operation from RSF-controlled territories in Sudan’s Darfur region to UAE markets through multiple transit routes. Companies including US-sanctioned Al-Junaid, along with UAE-based Glow Gold and AZ Gold, facilitate this trade that international statistics indicate has recently experienced a ‘massive surge’ through Kenya.
Hemedti’s corporate empire reportedly extends beyond real estate and gold to include livestock, construction, tourism, and banking sectors, with previous connections to multinational companies such as UAE-based Tradive General Trading and Aoun Commercial Brokers.