Revealed: avoid potential arrest in the UAE with simple police check

The GCC countries have joined forces to establish an Interpol style agency for the enforcement of policing and information sharing within the GCC region.  The main stated aim of the organisation which will be based in Abu Dhabi is to tackle terrorism.

A man was arrested last week on arrival at Dubai International Airport, after a police check returned false negative results.The accusations for which he was detained were of a petty nature.  However, had his police and immigration check returned accurate results, the ma...

The UAE is composed of many nationalities, though Indians form over 50% of the total population in the UAE.   20% of Indian expats are working in professional employment with a great number of entrepreneurs establishing businesses in a flourishing economy. There are an e...

Detained in Dubai Updates for October / November 2015

"It is no secret that UAE banks have stepped up their efforts to enforce debts internationally and of course, there is nothing wrong with that.  The world is becoming smaller and people don’t expect that a simple relocation will alleviate them of their contractual obliga...

In May of 2018, British national Ryan Cornelius was coming to the end of a 10 year prison sentence in Dubai when he was unexpectedly brought by police to a judge’s office where he was informed that his punishment was being extended another 20 years.  He was further told ...

Conor Howard, a young Scottish man has been detained for extradition in Greece and faces deportation to Qatar over an herb grinder found in his luggage while transiting through Doha last year.Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai and Due Process International has ...

Qatar offers up Asian and African workers like real life slaves. It is a kin to human trafficking when someone like Jonnadula agrees to take a job as a chauffeur then ends up forced to work a hard labour job without his consent. He is not allowed to leave the country, hi...

Slow economic growth in the UAE connected with lower oil prices, and the property market’s consistent failure to live up to expectations, alongside recent increases in lending by the major Emirates’ banks, is creating conditions for a perfect storm of debt persecution fo...