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Old Mar 10, 2020 | 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Hopefully it’s not a country that has de facto debtors’ prisons (even as the prisons for debtors may be the same as for others who may be considered criminals of a more common sort). So which countries have a recent history of imprisoning people for unpaid financial debts? The UAE comes to mind, but it may not be alone.
Good point. I would assume KSA, but maybe France too as IIRC there was a Saudi royal arrested when she tried to skip out on a huge Paris hotel bill.

Of course, in Japan one can be imprisoned for a long time before a trial occurs for financial crimes.
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