Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrests two suspected people smugglers

Date of incident:

December 14, 2018

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

State Security

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Two men have been arrested in the Sidon town of Sarafand on the suspicion of smuggling people from Syria into Lebanon, State Security announced in a statement Friday.

Syrian nationals identified as T.Kh. and A.Aa. were accused of "smuggling people into Lebanon in return for money" and of residing in the country illegally themselves, the statement said.

State Security said the suspects also confessed to previously belonging to the Nusra Front, which is now known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, and fighting with the group in Syria.

Source Link:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2018/Dec-14/471800-…

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):

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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Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrests two suspected people smugglers