Criminal & Cybercrime

• Rights of the Accused and Arrest Procedure Under Saudi Law

  What the Law of Criminal Procedure provides on the rights of an accused person: no arrest, search, detention, or imprisonment except in cases prescribed by law, a ban on abuse and torture, the right to counsel at investigation and trial, and the 24-hour rule in flagrante delicto cases.

• Cyber-Extortion, Online Defamation, and Account Hacking: Penalty Ranges and Reporting Channels

  General awareness of the Saudi Anti-Cyber Crime Law on cyber-extortion, online defamation and slander, and account hacking or data leakage — with reporting steps via Kollona Amn, Absher, and emergency numbers. General information, not a substitute for a licensed lawyer.

• Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Under Saudi Law

  General-awareness overview of identity theft and financial fraud in Saudi Arabia: what the Anti-Cyber Crime Law and the Anti-Financial Fraud and Breach of Trust Law criminalize, the published penalty range, and how to report fraud via Absher.