Family prostitution ring uncovered in Tripoli

Two weeks from the discovery of a prostitution ring in Jounyeh north of Beirut, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces, announced yesterday that the Anti-Human Trafficking and Morals Protection Bureau at the Judiciary Policy Unit has uncovered a network involved with human trafficking and sex tourism in al Qobeh neighborhood of Tripoli. The ISF statement said that a Bureau patrol identified and arrested the offenders after a successful raid on the houses they use for their illicit work. They are: S.L, Lebanese, born in 1969, identified as the enabler of the ring, and his accomplice, N.A, also Lebanese, born in 1978, along with three Lebanese and Syrian girls. Upon interrogation, the detained persons confessed to the charges sustaining that S.L facilitates work for his wife, and his daughter, whom he forced into sex work for money since she was a minor, the ISF statement added. His partner, N.A also admitted to facilitate prostitution for his Syrian wife, the ISF statement noted, adding that investigation is underway with the supervision of the competent Judiciary. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, July 18, 2017)

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