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Prostitution ring involving Syrian women busted in Lebanon

Xinhua, November 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Lebanon's general security directorate announced on Wednesday that it had busted a Lebanese-Syrian prostitution ring in the Maameltein coastal area of Mount Lebanon.

"After obtaining information about an organized prostitution ring that was bringing Syrian women to Lebanon under the excuse of tourism and with the real aim of practicing prostitution, the general security arrested a Lebanese man, five Syrian men and 11 Syrian women at a hotel in Maameltein," the general security said in a statement.

"During interrogation, they confessed to the charges, saying they constituted a prostitution ring led by a Lebanese national," the statement said.

A number of cell-phones and money were seized in the possession of the arrested, the National News Agency reported.

In late March, the internal security forces announced busting what it called the "most dangerous" human trafficking and prostitution ring in Lebanon.

As many as 75 women, mostly Syrian nationals, were rescued and around 20 Lebanese and Syrian suspects were arrested in connection with the case. Endit