(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces arrested a Syrian man and his 14-year-old wife over a prostitution ring in the Metn region of Lebanon on Monday.
Police say they received a tip about a man who prostituted his teenage wife and several other women in Jounieh and Tabarja.
Investigations into the case led to the arrest of a 36-year-old Syrian man, a 14-year-old Syrian girl, and two Iraqi sisters aged 19 and 31.
The group was arrested on Nov. 29, according to the Internal Security Forces.
The man reportedly confessed to prostituting his wife and the two Iraqi women. The Iraqis also confessed to prostitution even “without an agent,” according to a statement.
This most recent arrest comes one month after security forces arrested one Lebanese man and five Syrians accused of forming a prostitution ring and using it for human trafficking.
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