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Conflict Incident Report
ISF arrested a sextortionist
Date of incident:
October 14, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces arrested of a sextortionist on October 14th in the northern city of Tripoli.
The suspect, identified as Lebanese Aa.Sh., born in 1992, was arrested by a patrol of the Office of Combatting Cyber Crime and Protection of Intellectual Property, reportedly confessing that he got to know many girls, including minors, by creating a fictitious account on Instagram under the name “Waelal.ahmad.”
The suspect would then imbue victims with love and affection, pretending he would marry them in the future. He would then obtain compromising pictures of the victims in order to blackmail them financially, threatening to publish the images on social networking sites.
The suspect was identified by some of the victims.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category:
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Conflicts of social discrimination
Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.
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