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Conflict Incident Report

State Security uncovered Syrian-Lebanese human smuggling ring via Bekaa

Date of incident: 
September 18, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians
State Security

On September 18th, the State Security Directorate seized a Lebanese-Syrian human trafficking ring, that works on transporting Syrian families into Lebanon via Bekaa. 

The masterminds of the network are one Lebanese from Shebaa, a Syrian man living in Choueifat, and a Syrian woman. 

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
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.