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Lebanese and Palestinian arrested in south Lebanon for women trafficking

Date of incident: 
July 3, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees
State Security

State Security arrested two men in south Lebanon on suspicion of trafficking women, the state-run National News Agency reported.

During questioning, one of the suspects - identified as 20-year-old Palestinian national A.J. - reportedly admitted to working with a Lebanese national to traffic women into the country for work. However, he admitted that they then forced the women into the sex trade.

The suspect’s Lebanese accomplice was not identified in the report but the pair were both transferred to judiciary for further investigation.

State Security did not disclose the location of the arrest.

Security services have raided several illegal brothels in a number of major cases of forced prostitution over the last two years. Last year 26 people were arrested for running a sex trafficking ring in Jounieh, north of Beirut, that had forced over 75 women into sexual slavery. The majority of the women being held were Syrian.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Source Link: 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jul-03/411521-…
Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
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):
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.

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