Comment: Ireland is being used to launder the world’s dirty money and must take action The government needs a strong strategy and the Gardaí need more resources to stop the country becoming a haven for corruption 9th March, 2021 Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan’s former authoritarian president Islam Karimov: up to $300 million in corrupt payments to her were laundered through the IFSC in Dublin. Photo: Getty Gulnara Karimova once described herself as “one of the prominent young faces in Uzbekistan”. She was a fashion designer, film-maker, writer and pop singer, regularly rubbing shoulders with the glitterati in New York and Monte Carlo where she promoted her jewellery and fashion brand.