The major difference in the UAE is that the judicial system is victim based. Not DA based. Basically the government leaves you alone for most of these things except if a party to the “crime” on the books complains.

That’s interesting. Do you know roughly where the line gets drawn where the government would step in regardless of neither party complaining?

The last time was like a friggin spy movie

That’s fucking bonkers. Sorry you/she had to go through that.