UAE FACES SHIFTS IN CYBERCRIME BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND LIKE INCREASE IN OVERALL REMOTE SCAMS
March 1st, 2021
Fraud, cybercrime and e-commerce scams are on the rise in the United Arab Emirates, with the COVID-19 pandemic presenting new opportunities for criminals. The government has launched an anti-fraud campaign, but laws and enforcement are still not up to scratch. Paul Cochrane reports.
The economic downturn and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) unusual demographics have fuelled commercial crime during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is home to 9.5 million people, of which 88% are expatriate workers, according to government data, whose emotional ties to the UAE ...
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