In the context of an in-depth judicial investigation into an organized international network operating in drug trade and smuggling, the details of the case and investigations revealed that a lawyer, who was assigned to defend one of the main defendants in this case, had exceeded the limits of her professional role to participate directly in the crimes of bribing two officers, and exploiting her influence with the aim of concealing essential information that affects the course of justice.
It also became clear from the content of the important statements in the file, and through the report submitted by the lawyer herself, that these statements are remarkably consistent with the defendants’ statements, in addition to audio recordings, judicial police reports, and communications geolocation data, which proves the existence of elements of the crime of bribery, especially with regard to the exploitation of influence to achieve illicit gains that conflict with job duties.
It was proven that the lawyer “L.H.” She was fully aware of the crimes committed by her client within the organized drug trafficking network, and she bargained with some of the judicial police officers in charge of the investigation, and provided them with sums of money in exchange for concealing sensitive information related to the conduct of the investigation and ambushes, and information that would have strengthened the evidence against her client.
As revealed from the statements of the accused, “H.S.” Before the investigating judge, and these statements intersect with established facts related to his wife’s illness, that he took advantage of his job position by summoning the detainee’s wife to his office before the investigation began, and offered her not to file a report against her and not to refer her to the investigating judge in exchange for dropping the prosecution, which clearly indicates receiving a financial bribe and exploiting the authority granted to him in a way that violates his job duties.
The confessions and statements in the file conclusively intersect with the geographical location data of the defendants’ phones, and records of communications exchanged with the detainee’s wife, as it was proven that the communications had been repeated since 8/14/2024 as a bribe in exchange for providing information about the ambush, which strengthens the proof of the criminal acts attributed to them.
The outcome of the investigations was not in favor of the lawyer’s client, as an indictment was issued convicting him, following which she took the initiative to file a report against members of the judicial police, claiming that she had uncovered alleged corruption in an attempt to hide her involvement and the involvement of her client. However, the established facts showed that she was not uncovering corruption, but rather was an accomplice in it.
The investigating judge in Mount Lebanon, Judge Ramzi Farhat, decided to refer all papers to the Public Prosecution to consider the allegation against lawyer “L.H.” And each of “H.S.” and “p. p.” On charges of bribery, interference, and abuse of authority stipulated in Articles 352, 355, 371, and 376, coupled with Article 219 of the Penal Code, and considering the actions of lawyer “L.H.” and “H.S.” Of the type of felony, and considering the actions of “Y.S.” Of the same type of crime, they must be tried before the competent criminal court.
Thus, the indictment decided the description of the facts, confirming that the aforementioned lawyer was fully aware of the crime under investigation, and actually participated in it by paying bribes and interfering to conceal basic information, in flagrant violation of the duties of the profession and direct participation in the crimes mentioned above.
