The Times has released a new exclusive on British criminals buying luxury Dubai properties from jail.

A Times investigation has discovered more than £200 million of property in Dubai that has been bought by criminals convicted in British courts and people who have failed to pay debts in the UK.

Those who have invested in Dubai property in recent years include a fraudster from Essex who conned elderly victims out of their life savings in a cold-calling scam and criminals linked to a gang who stole £12 million from the NHS and other UK public bodies.

In some cases the British authorities appear to have failed to find these properties when trying to track down criminals’ assets

The Times’ Investigations reporters George Greenwood and Emma Yeomans expose British crooks after trawling through leaked UAE property records.

Read The Times exclusive here