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Conflict Incident Report

Army: Two networks for smuggling people to Europe arrested

Date of incident: 
January 14, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Army Command - Guidance Directorate issued on Thursday a communiqué in which it mentioned that a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate confiscated two networks over illegally smuggling people to Europe via the Northern coasts. The communiqué added that the patrol detained the Lebanese Moustafa Mouhammad Kalssina and the Palestinian Khaled Taleb Al-Neemmani who were planning to transfer a group of people outside the country in exchange for an amount of money. The Intelligence Directorate also detained the Palestinian Sleiman Ahmad Zaarour who belongs to another network and was planning to carry out simultaneous actions in exchange for money amounts. Investigations are taking place with the detained people under the supervision of concerned judicial authorities. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/55174/Army-Two-networks-for-smuggling...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.