ABU DHABI //A prisoner-exchange deal between India and the UAE will be formally signed today, according to the Indian Ambassador.
The agreement will pave the way for prisoners to serve the remainder of their jail terms in their home country.
MK Lokesh said the agreement would be signed in New Delhi by Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, the Minister of Interior who is in India on a two-day visit, and the Indian home minister P Chidambaram.
Mr Lokesh said there were 1,200 Indian prisoners serving sentences in UAE jails.
There is only one Emirati jailed in India.
He said inmates would be transferred to a common central jail or to prisons in their native state.
Mr Lokesh said the agreement would apply to those already convicted, not those on trial.
"There should not be any ongoing proceedings for the prisoners who wish to go back and complete a sentence," he said.
"The agreement will come into effect once the internal procedures are completed. It will not take a long time."
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UAE insurance firm Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC) last year launched an e-commerce website with a facility enabling users to buy car wrecks.
Bidders and potential buyers register on the online salvage car auction portal to view vehicles, review condition reports, or arrange physical surveys, and then start bidding for motors they plan to restore or harvest for parts.
Physical salvage car auctions are a common method for insurers around the world to move on heavily damaged vehicles, but AWNIC is one of the few UAE insurers to offer such services online.
For cars and less sizeable items such as bicycles and furniture, Dubizzle is arguably the best-known marketplace for pre-loved.
Founded in 2005, in recent years it has been joined by a plethora of Facebook community pages for shifting used goods, including Abu Dhabi Marketplace, Flea Market UAE and Arabian Ranches Souq Market while sites such as The Luxury Closet and Riot deal largely in second-hand fashion.
At the high-end of the pre-used spectrum, resellers such as Timepiece360.ae, WatchBox Middle East and Watches Market Dubai deal in authenticated second-hand luxury timepieces from brands such as Rolex, Hublot and Tag Heuer, with a warranty.