What an awful article, portraying Indians as thieving, dishonest people who are stealing money from the banks and then fleeing the country leaving unpaid debts.

Given that there are millions of Indians in Dubai, why write an article about how 80 people have been stealing money? And is there really a need to imply that Indians don't care that they are stealing money from the banks, and that it's somehow okay to walk away from their financial obligations?

The bad news is that if this has become such a problem in Dubai, then we can all stop expecting the exit permit system to be removed. If the banks start losing more and more money to people stealing from them, perhaps we should expect the exit permit system to become more difficult?

Perhaps in future your sponsor will have to guarentee all your loans, and if you flee the country your sponsor will owe the bank. If that's the case, what sponsor will give their staff exit permits?

Banks should do all they can to track down these theives once they leave the country and have the money recovered.