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Conflict Incident Report
ISF busts prostitution ring
Date of incident:
December 3, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
The Internal Security Forces announced that they had broken up a Metn prostitution ring, arresting seven women and a man suspected of facilitating the ring’s work.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Gender Based Violence [inc. sexual violence]
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
Conflicts of social discrimination
Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.
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.
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