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Conflict Incident Report

ISF arrests 3 for smuggling Bangladeshis to Turkey via Syria

Date of incident: 
October 27, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
Bangladesh nationals

The Internal Security Forces has arrested three suspected people smugglers in northern Lebanon who allegedly ran a network that operated from Lebanon to Turkey by way of Syria. The ISF said it also seized two cars, LL333,000 ($222) and $5,100 in cash that were found with the suspects.

According to the statement, M.A. and Kh.A. confessed to having smuggled Bangladeshi nationals from Lebanon to Turkey via Syria through a number of illegal crossings since the beginning of the year, in coordination with a person in Turkey supervising the operation. 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
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.