Check this out: UAE is filing arrest and extradition red flag notices with Interpol at several multiples of other countries, per capita - 30 times as much as US, for example. Despite its small size, UAE is one of the top filers of Interpol red flags. And it's not the people who have ripped many people off or embezzled millions who they are going after - it's average expatriate workers like us who didn't pay a credit card or other small-time bill.
It seems that UAE is abusing the Interpol system in an attempt to use Interpol as its international collections agency. If you leave UAE and you haven't paid one of your bills, they convict you of fraud, in absentia, and file you as a serious international fugitive with Interpol!
No civilised country is doing this, and no civilised country will extradite you to UAE for not paying your credit card or DEWA bill, but if your red flag pops up when swiping your passport, you will be detained and have to explain to the judge why you should not be deported because of a commercial dispute: defaulting on a commercial agreement or debt is not "fraud" and extraditable in most countries. Interpol exists to stop human trafficking, money laundering and serious crimes, not to collect credit card bills for Emirates NBD Bank.
How many billions have these people ripped off from investors, lenders, other countries, etc. - and now when they don't pay you and you go home, they pursue you through Interpol with a fraud warrant? They are abusing the system and the workers in far mores ways than thought.
Here's the commentary on this issue - there's even an organization to try to help get victims of this scam out of UAE jails. If you Google, you will see a number of stories popping up on this topic:
Dubai?s Interpol Abuse