As part of intensified cooperation to combat transnational money-laundering and illicit finance, the UAE and the US have shared information on the case of Asim Ghafoor. The UAE initiated its investigation in 2020 into Mr. Ghafoor’s activities after receiving an official request from the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi on behalf of the US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division for mutual legal assistance related to an ongoing probe of Mr.