The punishment can include imprisonment of up to two years and fines ranging from Dirhams 250,000 to 500,000. 5 of 2012 on ‘combating cybercrimes’ and its amendments, an act of extortion or blackmail constitutes a punishable offense under the said law, if such act is committed using a computer network or information technology means to extort or threaten another person (Article 16). When considering blackmail, pursuant to the provisions of the UAE penal code, Article 398 states that if the threat caused to a person concerns divulging or attributing any immoral act to them, then such crimes would be considered as an aggravating circumstance and thus a higher penalty will be imposed. Pursuant to articles 397 and 398 of the UAE penal code, the crime of extortion is said to occur when a person uses force or threat to compel another person to deliver money or other valuables or to sign any document etc.
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3 of 1987 promulgating the penal code and its amendments (‘UAE penal code’). UAE laws:Įxtortion under the UAE laws is governed pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Law No. The objective of such an act is to obtain from the victim, money or other favors by imposing such a threat. The important factor considering blackmail is that the threat in itself does not need to be illegal or even true in order for it to be considered as blackmail. However, this crime does not include the factors of threat to the victim’s person or property and instead, the threat is of different nature, such as threatening to disclose embarrassing information about someone that may potentially damage their reputation or affect their personal relations. ‘Blackmail’ is also very similar to extortion. It involves the use of coercion of some form, either a physical force or a threat of some other type to the person or property, in order to obtain from the victim any money, property, other valuables or services. ‘Extortion’ can be defined as a ‘theft crime’.
We will also discuss the definition of the said crimes under UAE law and the relevant legal provisions relating to them. Often these crimes are easily confused together. In this article, we will examine the primary difference between the crimes of ‘extortion’ and ‘blackmail’. Al Rowaad Advocates & Legal Consultants | View firm profile
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