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Why do people flee to Dubai? It's my understanding they almost never naturalize non-arabs, so any fugitive would forever be on perilous grounds. Honestly the
by notch656a 4y ago
Why do people flee to Dubai? It's my understanding they almost never naturalize non-arabs, so any fugitive would forever be on perilous grounds.
Honestly the dude could be in a boat god knows where in the Caribbean, slipping in and out of international waters to the point where no one knows where he is.
- Hellion 4y agoThey take bribes in the form of local business investment. If you can dump a few hundo k a year into the economy, they’ll let you get away with almost anything
- from 4y agoIt's slowly beginning to change. They used to fight but they don't care as much about non Emiratis anymore. Even less diplomatically important countries like South Africa have gotten extraditions. Look at Ramon Abbas ("Ray Hushpuppi"). Spent much of his BEC millions in Dubai and still got shipped off to America.
- Hellion 4y agoHe was running scams out of Dubai. Big bad look for them. If you take your winnings and lay low, they’ll probably leave you alone.
- atdrummond 4y agoI mean, while functionally true, the lived experience for a Dubai millionaire versus a typical immigrant labourer. They can afford to make expenditures to make their life easier. Which is good - it increases the chance they eventually slip up.
- foundajob 4y ago
- pclmulqdq 4y agoDubai is a good stopping off point before you disappear forever. They are very happy to take bribes from rich people and they will let you set up your infrastructure so that you can go off grid.
- from 4y ago85% of Dubai is immigrants. Not all fraudsters are high profile enough to spend millions of dollars in extradition proceedings on especially when you'll just catch them at an airport eventually.
- whytai 4y agoDubai is one of the few counties that lacks an extradition treaty with the US[1] and has a high standard of living. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradit...
- notch656a 4y agoWhat happens if the US cancels his passport? It's my understanding Cody Wilson was kicked out of Taiwan, which lacked formal extradition agreement, by cancelling his passport which nullified his legal presence in the country.
- wmf 4y agoIf SBF is smart he has two or three passports like Peter Thiel and Justin Sun.