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Prostitution Ring Busted in Marjeyoun

The General Directorate of State Security on Monday busted a prostitution ring in the southern region of Marjeyoun.

“The Marjeyoun-Hasbaya bureau of State Security managed to arrest in the Marjeyoun region the members of a prostitution ring, which is comprised of M. H., N. A. and Sh. M.,” state-run National News Agency reported.

The suspects are accused of “practicing and facilitating prostitution” and “blackmailing victims into paying large sums of money.”

“The ring members are being interrogated under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities,” NNA said.


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