Report: Kidnapping Gangs Comprised of 37 Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian Nationals
A security apparatus has completed a report on the kidnappings in Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
It said that the apparatus determined that 37 individuals are part of the various abduction gangs in the country.
Their identities are known to the security agencies and the report will be referred to President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, and various security and judicial agencies.
The report revealed that the heads of the gangs control their activity from various towns and Beirut's southern suburbs, adding that its members are Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian nationals.
Kidnappings for ransom have increased in recent months, the latest of which was the abduction earlier this week of the 12-year-old son of businessman Nidal Awada in front of his Beirut residence.
Media reports said that the abductors had demanded a ransom of $2 million.
Al-Liwaa newspaper reported Thursday that security forces had arrested two people linked to the abduction of businessman Najib Youssef in the southern city of Tyre on February 5.
He was released on February 11 for a ransom of $140,000.
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