Conflict Incident Report

ISF busts two men for counterfeiting money

Date of incident:

April 21, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Internal Security Forces (ISF)

NNA - The Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Directorate issued on Thursday a statement revealing that the information branch managed to arrest, after intensive investigations and surveys, the two men, A.Z. and S.H., in the locality of Al-Abda in Akkar, in their possession 10 thousand dollars of counterfeit money.

Authorities also confiscated a counterfeit money detector and a date stamps.

It turned out that the first arrestee, A.Z., had antecedents and was a wanted person.

Both were referred to Money Laundering and Finanical Crimes office in the judicial police unit for further investigation. http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/60372/ISF-busts-two-money-counterfeit...

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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Conflict Incident Report

ISF busts two men for counterfeiting money