Abu Dhabi’s money laundering court also ordered the lawyer, American citizen Asim Ghafoor, to pay a fine of $816,748 due to his conviction in absentia, the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency reported late on Saturday.
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The UAE’s state-run newspaper The National said he would be deported to the US after completing his sentence. The United Arab Emirates described Ghafoor’s arrest as a coordinated move with the US to “combat transnational crimes”. Emirati state media reported that US authorities had sought the UAE’s help in an investigation into Ghafoor’s alleged tax evasion and suspicious money transfers to the Emirates. Trending Stories
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Story continues below ad The authoritarian Gulf Arab sheikh announced the prison sentence a day after the Washington-based human rights watchdog Democracy for the Arab World Now, DAWN, raised the alarm over Ghafoor’s arrest at Dubai International Airport. 1:53Slain journalist Khashoggi’s fiancee calls for sanctions against Saudi crown prince Murdered journalist Khashoggi’s fiancee calls for sanctions against Saudi crown prince – March 4, 2021 DAWN said its board member, a Virginia-based civil rights attorney who represented Khashoggi and his fiancee, Hatice Genghis, was traveling to Istanbul on Thursday to attend a wedding when Emirati security agents they packed him up in civilian clothes and sent him to an Abu. Dabi’s detention center before he could change planes. Ghafoor had no known case against him and had passed through Dubai without incident less than a year ago, DAWN reported. The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi did not immediately respond to a request for comment. © 2022 The Canadian Press
