It seized 497 suspects involved in it

Dubai Police records 447 economic crimes worth 1.4 billion dirhams in 2022

  • Dubai Police develops an annual plan to enhance the detection of economic crimes.

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  • Major General Jamal Al-Jallaf: "Economic crime fighters work around the clock in cooperation with strategic partners."

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The Economic Crimes Department of the General Department of Criminal Investigations and Investigations in Dubai Police recorded 447 cases during the past year, arrested 497 accused, and confiscated seizures worth one billion and 432 million and 588 thousand dirhams.

The Director of the General Department of Investigations and Criminal Investigations, Major General Jamal Salem Al-Jallaf, said that the recorded economic crimes varied between cases of commercial fraud, imitation, doubling of funds, fraud, sorcery, and forgery, stressing that the men of combating economic crimes work around the clock, in cooperation with strategic partners from Government agencies and trademark owners.

For his part, the Director of the Anti-Economic Crimes Department, Colonel Dr. Khaled Aref Al-Sheikh, said that the department is specialized in combating cases of forgery, fraud, commercial fraud and piracy, pointing out that 245 cases of commercial fraud were registered during the past year, in which 262 defendants were involved, and seizures worth 1,270,266 million were confiscated. One thousand and 110 dirhams, while 154 cases of fraud were recorded and seized under 167 accused, and seizures of 110 million and 406 thousand and 120 dirhams, while 68 accused were arrested in 48 cases of forgery, and seizures of 51 million 916 thousand and 595 dirhams.

He stressed that the Dubai Police is developing an annual plan, in cooperation with partners, to enhance the detection of economic crimes, pointing out that the Emirate of Dubai is distinguished by global leadership in combating these crimes, which has earned it the confidence of various prestigious international brands.

He pointed out that the department is keen to implement specialized courses and training workshops annually for the employees of the Anti-Economic Crimes Department, in coordination with trademark owners, to learn about the latest methods of commercial fraud, and enable them to detect counterfeit goods, in order to protect intellectual property rights.

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