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Vendettas by RAK ruler alarm foreign investors

Summary: A years-long campaign to slander and jail former RAK investment head Khater Massaad and persecution of RAKIA & RAKFTZA staff chill investor confidence in the emirate: Stirling

25 January 2021

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Khater Massaad warns investors: Sheikh uses 'forced confessions' to seize assets abroad

Described as the “golden boy of business in the Northern Emirates”, “the tile tycoon of RAK”, Gulf Business coverboy and multi award winning Dr Khater Massaad, has been targeted by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qassimi whose power has gone unchecked by Abu Dhabi.

20 January 2021

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Investor beware: Israelis face unique risks in the UAE

The rules are rigged – what's earned in the UAE is likely to stay in the UAE – and the more successful you are, the higher the risk

6 January 2021

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“Success makes you vulnerable in Dubai” with “no dirty trick off the books”

The UAE invests a great deal in media advertising; marketing the country globally as a desirable tourist destination and hub for business. It can be disconcerting because one can be looking at an Emirates advertisement on one side of their newspaper, while reading anothe...

28 December 2020

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