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Special Lebanese security forces warn of rise in kidnappings for ransom

Lebanese security forces warn of rise in kidnappings for ransom

  • Gangs sell, buy victims in Lebanon, hold them in Syria
  • 53 cases since January, with perpetrators using social media to ‘lure victims, claiming they can help with emigration’
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