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Dubai has been described as "one of the most opaque financial hubs in the world", and one of the most popular destinations for illicit money. [1] According to Brussels Times, the leak revealed "a huge black hole in international anti-money laundering efforts centered [sic] around the Dubai real estate market". [4]
The US described Gacanin as “one of the world’s most prolific drug traffickers” and imposed sanctions against him. The US Treasury also stated that Gacanin’s cartel is involved in money laundering and has close ties with the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, another drug cartel residing and running operations from Dubai. [13] [14]
Dubai Leaks is a global collaborative investigative journalism project that has revealed the global elite's ownership of properties in Dubai. The project, named Dubai Unlocked , is based on data that provides a detailed overview of millions of properties in Dubai and information on their ownership or use, mostly between 2020 and 2022.
Wingsuit flying over the Palm Islands Map of tourist Attractions in Dubai. Burj Khalifa: Spired 828 m (2,717 ft) skyscraper with a viewing deck, restaurant, hotel and offices and 11 ha (27 acres) park. Tallest human-made structure in the world. Burj Al Arab: a luxury hotel located in Dubai. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in ...
Corruption in the United Arab Emirates is perceived to have a relatively clean public sector in comparison with its neighbors. The United Arab Emirates, a federation of territories in an area in the Arabian Gulf previously known as the Trucial Coast, was ranked 26th out of 180 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for 2023. [1]
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Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. There are many tourist attractions in Dubai, resulting from the large scale construction boom. Dubai received 14 million tourists from all around the world in 2015. Euromonitor ranked the world's 150th most visited city by international tourists in 2009; Dubai ranked 7th. [1]
Gem and jewel scams take place in other countries as well. In the Turkish tourist town Antalya, the tourists are ensnared by an organised trip to a tourist attraction such as a waterfall, after which the tourists are transported to a state-licensed jewelry store.