A new prostitution ring broken in Beqaa, victims also Syrian girls

In less than a week after the uncovering of a prostitution ring north of the capital, the General Directorate of Security Forces announced in a statement yesterday, the uncovering of a new prostitution network based in the Beqaa. According to the released details, a group of persons luring girls from Syria to come to work in Taalbaya and the environs (Beqaa) were identified and the house used for prostitution (located in the town of Jlala) raided. Suspects, including three Syrians and one Lebanese, were also arrested. Meanwhile, the girl victim who managed to flee the house disclosed that she has been subjected to systematic beating and forced into prostitution, the statement said. Under interrogation and investigation, the members of the ring confessed to facilitating prostitution for a number of Syrian girls. One of the detained person admitted that he sold one girl for LBP one million. The four suspects were taken into custody along with the wife of one of them, Syrian national, wanted for charges of human trafficking. The Syrian girl victim was handed over to her family. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, Al Mustaqbal, November 9, 2016)

 

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