(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Lebanese security forces arrested one Lebanese man five Syrians accused of forming a prostitution ring and using it for human trafficking, according to a security statement issued on Tuesday.
Police say an unidentified person was witnessed offering a girl for sale to several young men in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon.
Security sources say they issued an investigation and were able to identify the human trader a few days later. He was apprehended in Antelias, Lebanon.
The suspect, who’s name is only identified by initials A.A., admitted that he was working with a prostitution ring in Dier Koubel.
Police raided the prostitution ring hideout and arrested five Syrians, including the girl who was being sold, the statement said.
This arrest comes one month after Lebanese security officials arrested another prostitution ring led by Syrian and Lebanese partners in the Kaslik area of Kesrouan.
Six Syrian women were also arrested in that particular ring, including a 19-year-old. The women confessed to the charges and said they had also sold drugs to their clients.
To read more about last month’s prostitution arrests, click here.