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ISF arrests two for conning Syrian refugees in Bekaa

Date of incident: 
February 23, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) issued a statement on Tuesday saying that a group of people were arrested for carrying out fraudulent activities against displaced Syrians in the Bekaa region.
The statement explained that a group of people scammed Syrian refugees into thinking that they were a travel agency that can offer them flights into European states.
A.B. (Lebanese national born in 1996) and T.G. (Lebanese, 1997) were arrested and confessed to using female aliases in a chat site known as wechat to communicate with various people from the Arab communities and delude them into thinking that they were travel agents to a non-existent company called MTL with the purpose of blackmailing them.
The ISF found with the two culprits receipts that range from 100 USD to 800 USD for each applicant from aforementioned refugees.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/57324/ISF-arrests-two-for-conning-Syr...

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Secondary Category: 
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
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.