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Internal Security Forces detains 46 in human smuggling crackdown
Date of incident:
October 12, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch detained 41 people, including 11 children, whom human traffickers were smuggling into Lebanon.
The statement also said that on Thursday, the ISF had arrested five human traffickers in Al-Marj, in the western Bekaa.
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.
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