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لبنان ٢٤
Lebanon’s Trafficking Gap
The U.S. State Department’s 2026 report kept Lebanon at “Tier 2” for combating human trafficking. It found that non-governmental organizations assisted 809 victims, while official agencies identified only 12; government entities referred 108 victims to services. Although courts convicted 13 traffickers in 2025, after recording no convictions the previous year, the report noted weak monitoring and investigations, a failure to prosecute complicit officials, and the fact that confiscating workers’ passports is not criminalized. It also cited barriers created by the kafala system and the absence of a national anti-trafficking plan. The report concluded that civil society effectively bears most of the burden of identifying and assisting victims, while the state remains unable to determine the scale of the problem.
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