In August 2020, a lawsuit filed by exiled former minister of state, [[Saad bin Khalid Al Jabry|Saad Aljabri]], alleged that members of the Tiger Squad were sent to Canada to assassinate him two weeks after Khashoggi was killed, but that they were denied entry by Canadian border security.<ref name="Star 2020">{{cite news |last=Quan |first=Douglas |date=6 August 2020 |title=Saudi hit squad was sent to Toronto to try to kill former intel official, lawsuit alleges |language=en |work=The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/08/06/saudi-hit-squad-was-sent-to-canada-to-try-to-kill-former-intel-official-lawsuit-alleges.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807105031/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/08/06/saudi-hit-squad-was-sent-to-canada-to-try-to-kill-former-intel-official-lawsuit-alleges.html |archive-date=7 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Guardian Aug 20">{{cite news |title=Saudi ex-spy suing crown prince faces fresh death threat in Canada – report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/09/saudi-ex-spy-suing-crown-prince-faces-fresh-death-threat-in-canada-report |work=the Guardian |date=9 August 2020 |language=en |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809020632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/09/saudi-ex-spy-suing-crown-prince-faces-fresh-death-threat-in-canada-report |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, Aljabri's son, Khalid, has claimed that his brother-in-law was [[Extraordinary rendition|rendered]] from Dubai to Saudi Arabia in September 2017, where he was coerced into trying to persuade his wife to attend the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Khalid suspects she would have been abducted had she gone there.<ref name="G&M">{{cite news |last1=Fife |first1=Robert |last2=Chase |first2=Steven |date=7 August 2020 |title=Former Saudi intelligence chief faces new death threat |work=Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-saudi-intelligence-chief-faces-new-death-threat/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808225803/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-saudi-intelligence-chief-faces-new-death-threat// |archive-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>
In July 2022, the United Arab Emirates’Emirates' authorities arrested an American lawyer, Asim Ghafoor, while he was transiting from the [[Dubai International Airport]]. Ghafoor was informed that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced in absentia. The UAE claimed of convicting him of tax evasion and [[money laundering]], and in coordination of the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/world/middleeast/uae-asim-ghafoor-detained.html|title=Pressure Grows in the U.S. for the U.A.E. to Free an American Lawyer|access-date=29 July 2022|website=The New York Times|date=29 July 2022|last1=Yee|first1=Vivian|archive-date=29 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729174112/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/world/middleeast/uae-asim-ghafoor-detained.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reuters-18-07-2022">{{cite news |date=18 July 2022 |title=UAE detains U.S. lawyer for Khashoggi on money laundering charges |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/rights-group-says-uae-has-detained-us-lawyer-who-represented-khashoggi-2022-07-16/ |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718062831/https://www.reuters.com/world/rights-group-says-uae-has-detained-us-lawyer-who-represented-khashoggi-2022-07-16/ |archive-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> However, Ghafoor faced no criminal charges in the States.<ref name="WP-19-07-2022">{{cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=John |last2=Fahim |first2=Kareem |date=19 July 2022 |title=U.S. requests more information on UAE arrest of Khashoggi lawyer |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/19/asim-ghafoor-uae-khashoggi/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719231607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/19/asim-ghafoor-uae-khashoggi/ |archive-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> The U.S. said it did not request the Emirates to arrest Ghafoor.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cornwell |first1=Alexander |date=10 August 2022 |title=UAE court lifts prison term for American convicted of money laundering |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-overturns-prison-sentence-american-convicted-money-laundering-2022-08-10/ |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810105602/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-overturns-prison-sentence-american-convicted-money-laundering-2022-08-10/ |archive-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> His attorney, [[Faisal Gill]], said Ghafoor never heard anything about the conviction before the arrest and didn’tdidn't see any documents for the government’sgovernment's charges.<ref name=WP-19-07-2022 /> It was being asserted that Ghafoor was arrested for his close ties with Jamal Khashoggi. They both together founded the organization Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), which is strong critic of the [[human rights abuses]] in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the arms sales by the US to these countries. Ghafoor is still a board member at DAWN. Besides, he had also served as Khashoggi’sKhashoggi's lawyer. Rights groups said Ghafoor was another victim of UAE’sUAE's practice of convicting activists, lawyers and academics on broad charges.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hussain |first=Murtaza |date=7 August 2022 |title=Why Is the UAE Detaining an American Lawyer Who Worked With Jamal Khashoggi? |url=https://theintercept.com/2022/08/07/jamal-khashoggi-asim-ghafoor-uae/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807100629/https://theintercept.com/2022/08/07/jamal-khashoggi-asim-ghafoor-uae/ |archive-date=7 August 2022 |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=The Intercept}}</ref><ref name=Reuters-18-07-2022 /> On 13 August 2022, Ghafoor was released by the Emirati authorities after paying a fine of $1.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/us-attorney-convicted-in-uae-of-money-laundering-released-after-paying-1-4-million-fine/|title=US Attorney Convicted in UAE of Money Laundering Released After Paying $1.4 Million Fine|access-date=14 August 2022|website=The Medialine|date=14 August 2022|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815070109/https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/us-attorney-convicted-in-uae-of-money-laundering-released-after-paying-1-4-million-fine/|url-status=live}}</ref> The UAE court also confiscated nearly $4.9 million from Ghafoor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/ex-khashoggi-lawyer-asim-ghafoor-freed-in-uae-after-money-laundering-conviction|title=Ex-Khashoggi lawyer Asim Ghafoor freed in UAE after money laundering conviction|access-date=13 August 2022|website=The Guardian|date=13 August 2022|archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813034326/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/ex-khashoggi-lawyer-asim-ghafoor-freed-in-uae-after-money-laundering-conviction|url-status=live}}</ref>
