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ISF arrests suspects in counterfeit money scheme
Date of incident:
December 4, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Lebanese Civilians
ISF Intelligence Branch
The Internal Security Forces has arrested suspected members of a gang involved in distributing counterfeit money, a statement from the agency reported Tuesday.
The ISF’s Information Branch arrested Lebanese nationals M.R., born in 2000, Y.D., born in 1988 and Aa.M., born in 1978, for allegedly distributing counterfeit $100 bills in the Sidon town of Anqoun and a number of villages in al-Tuffah.
The ISF found $9,800 in forged $100 dollar bills in Aa.M.’s property, as well as $600 of counterfeit money that had circulated in Anqoun and the surrounding areas.
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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