Whatever they might have done in those centuries, the law is now perfectly clear - any woman is entitled to refuse consent to sexual intercourse at any time. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has said the government of Malcolm Fraser made a mistake in bringing Lebanese refugees to Australia in the 1970s, saying they formed a majority of . Taxpayers can be assured their money wont end up in the pockets of corrupt officials, according to Lex Bartlem, who served as Australian ambassador to Beirut between 2010 and 2014. In Germany these clans mostly settled in Berlin, Bremen and Essen where they became involved in narcotics trafficking, weapons trafficking, extortion, prostitution, illegal gambling, car theft, money laundering and armed robbery. I have no intention of attempting to justify my sentences. They wanted wide publicity. 'Skaf and the members of this gang clearly wanted public recognition for what they had done.'. They made very little attempt to cover their tracks. I like Middle Eastern people. Lebanon's murder and theft crimes have increased by 144 percent amid the ongoing national crisis compared to the same period last year, according to a study conducted by the Beirut-based . United States They were an attack on society, but why? Lebanon's parliament has scrapped a law under which a rapist could be exempt from punishment if he married his victim, state media report. I also told the jury that 'this is not a court of morals' and explained that they might not approve of the conduct of some of the participants because they thought they were acting immorally, but that was not the question at all. If these men, who are all still young, take notice of their brothers, sisters and cousins, they will settle down to a normal life and the criminal justice system will not see them again. When he gave evidence, Bilal Skaf was cocky in his manner and almost contemptuous of the Crown prosecutor. As a policy, multiculturalism was introduced by immigration minister Al . The gang's ringleader, Skaf, denied his role in the crimes despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt and showed no remorse even after he was sentenced to 55 years in prison. You cant fathom the despair and destruction., Kassis, an English teacher, is one of thousands of Beiruti residents who have been on the streets, cleaning the shopfronts and homes devastated by Tuesdays blast. Confined at home due to Victorias lockdown, Maakasa has taken to social media to connect with others in the Lebanese diaspora across the world and offer assistance however she can. He was the gang boss and the organiser of everything that happened. Lebanon's national archives are located in a building that houses two ministries. But below the surface of this lower-middle class success story is a Middle Eastern ghetto terrorized by members of its community. The . Religious law has the same standing as civil law, which incorporates family law, marriage, divorce and custody. Criminal organizations are mostly based around extended crime families with a large number of associates from their community. The complainants clearly identified Skaf, whose counsel suggested to each complainant that she had consented to having sexual intercourse with him. , updated However, although these cases attracted some media attention while the trials were proceeding, they passed largely with little comment.'. All three men put pressure on her to agree to have sex with them but she refused. A criminal trial commences with the Crown prosecutor calling evidence, after making a short opening address, then each of the accused in turn calls evidence in his case if he wishes to do so. Corona I also prohibited the taking of any photographs of the accused, two of whom were on bail. Criminals are coming together from a really diverse range of backgrounds to do bad things together. Nevertheless he acknowledges Middle Eastern organized crime in the city is not going to go away and more research is needed. from The victim managed to break free and run across the park to a telephone box. The Lebanese community leader says Sydney's legendary Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (or MEOCS) should "never have been established in the first place - or at least not been given such a terrible title". Horrific scenes of carnage on 4 August have given way to an enormous display of humanitys strength, strangers shoulder to shoulder beginning the daunting task of renewal. So the problem we have now in Sydney is a ramification of what has been going on in Lebanon.. [2], Arab organized crime was introduced in Australia after the mass immigration of Arab people after the Lebanese Civil War in the 1970s to the end of the 1980s. While Finnane's sentencing of the Skaf gang members was widely lauded and drew praise from many politicians, he was criticised privately by some other judges. Another curious feature in the trial was Skaf's bold assertion that he was a man of good character. 'One thing was obvious to me - Bilal Skaf wanted the victims to talk about what happened, to pass on their terror. Because the two complainants could only give vague descriptions of Hajeid and Ghanem, their counsel cross-examined the complainants to establish doubts about their identification. I had good reasons for doing this. The largest proportion of the Lebanese community in Australia, whether it includes those who were born overseas or also those who claim Lebanese ancestry, now lives . I gave that consent. The people in the white van went through the city and stopped at a McDonald's in Stanmore. The theft occurred in a tightly secured area, further reflecting the cash-strapped country's continued decay. However, the victims' descriptions of the other men who attacked them were quite vague, as could be expected. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Bikie gangs such as the Nomads recruit heavily from among Lebanese Muslims, as have jihadist recruiters. 4. The gang also crash-tackled, punched and kicked these girls and stole items of jewellery that they had on them. years have drawn attention to Lebanese crime and to police searches for suspects 'of Middle Eastern appearance'.10 Lebanese Muslim clerics such as Sheik Taj el-Din al Al-Hilali, known as the mufti or spiritual leader of Australia's Muslims and imam of the Sunni Mosque in Lakemba,11 or Sheikh Abdul Salam Zoud, are often in the news in . All the windows were broken, the doors blown up, she says. He told them they could expect there to be media publicity and that they should ignore anything they read outside court. Whatever they might have done in those centuries, the law is now perfectly clear - any woman is entitled to refuse consent to sexual intercourse at any time. I came to my apartment to see the damage. Some people believe that Melbourne gangs are behind the new wave of crimes, but the numbers tell us that most unique offenders are Australia-born youths between the ages of 15 to 25. In my view, all of these men remain a continuing threat to the Sydney community and particularly to young women. Lebanese Australians (Arabic: , French: australiens libanaise) refers to citizens or permanent residents of Australia of Lebanese ancestry. Unidentified thieves broke into the headquarters of Lebanon's state news agency and stole a server containing its photo archive, officials say. We are afraid there is some connection between these guys here and the guys in Lebanon, he said during a three-month visit to Sydney earlier this year to exchange information on criminal syndicates with the New South Wales Police Forces Middle Eastern Crime Squad. Ive been a journalist for 20 years and Ive covered some really tough stories, Im no stranger to these sorts of violent upheavals, but this one feels different, Abouzeid says. This also caused these girls great concern. I then had to give them quite complex directions about the facts in the trial and the law, which has its complexities. You just want more, Basha says. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Counsel for each of the other accused, as well as the Crown, then attacked Bilal Skaf in cross-examination, suggesting he was a liar. I like Middle Eastern food. Under a large number of refugees, there were also several extended clans that already in Lebanon were deeply entrenched in organized crime. Each of them also denied agreeing at any time, in the van or in the park, to oral sex with these men and the men in the red van. Will this be the catalyst that prompts the move home? Many months later he pleaded guilty to a series of sexual offences that included the events of this night. Unwelcome at school, too much discipline at home, so where do these teenagers go to find respect? Trad asks. When I commenced the summing up, I said this: This is the twenty-first century since the birth of Christ; we are not in the nineteenth, eighteenth or seventeenth centuries. Each girl denied this and gave evidence that Skaf, and those with him in the white van, persistently put pressure on them to engage in oral sex in the van on the way to Greenacre. Thats whats so disturbing., Lebanese-born educator Keysar Trad believes criminality in the community is a by-product of overly strict parents who expect their children to excel at school, and racism in the classroom and playground that prevents them from doing so. The available evidence suggests that Australians of Lebanese ethnicity who were born in Lebanon reportedly have higher rates of cardiovascular disease-related and type 2 diabetes-related complications when compared with the wider Australian population. 'Sexual intercourse without consent must be the worst crime after murder, because it involves a person invading the body of another, usually violently. In this case, only Bilal Skaf gave evidence. Political overview. [7], Last edited on 24 February 2023, at 19:36, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Rising crime in northern Bekaa Valley hurting Hezbollah", "THE WORLD'S LARGEST DRUG FIELD -- (BY DENNIS EISENBERG) (Extension of Remarks - July 27, 1990)", "Schattenseiten der Einwanderergesellschaft - Brutale Familienbande", "Miri-Clan: Eine Familie, tief verstrickt ins Verbrechen - DIE WELT", "Terrorist and Organized Crime Groups in the Tri-Border Area of South America", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lebanese_mafia&oldid=1141378811, This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 19:36. 'All of them were examples of depravity and cruelty. Australia Arab organized crime was introduced in Australia after the mass immigration of Arab people after the Lebanese Civil War in the 1970s to the end of the 1980s. That was an attraction, too. There is no concept in our law that there is a category of person called loose women who are deemed somehow to consent and certainly there is no law that merely because a young woman might give an indication that she was friendly with someone and didn't protest too much when they were laying hands on her that she therefore was consenting to anything. It was nearly midnight. In other words, each man forced his penis into her mouth and ejaculated. There is no concept in our law that there is a category of person called loose women who are deemed somehow to consent and certainly there is no law that merely because a young woman might give an indication that she was friendly with someone and didn't protest too much when they were laying hands on her that she therefore was consenting to anything. Migrants are, on the whole, far less likely to commit serious crimes than the Australian born population; A small number of migrant groups defy this trend and have higher rates of crime; When asking why some groups have higher rates of crime we cannot simply equate criminality with the culture. There was no evidence that any offences were committed because of religious or cultural or racial reasons and, in fact, there had been no mention of religion at any time in the trial. Frank Hakim, who emigrated to Australia at the age of 20 or so, was the first prominent Lebanese criminal. A range of factors impinge upon criminal behaviour . In 1996, 72 per cent of Lebanese in Australia lived in Sydney. Once you got into the zone where you are powerful and people are scared of you, you dont want to stop. Finnnane sentenced Bilal Skaf to a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison with a minimum term of 40 years. Once Lebanese kids gets involved in gangs, theyre killed or in prison before they get a chance to grow up., There is no data available on the prevalence of criminality in Sydneys Lebanese community because people who are arrested are not legally required to give information on their ethnicity or heritage. Surprised by Lebanese officials audaciously asking for Australian money for personal reasons, Bartlem refused to process their requests further. All except Bilal Skaf are now out of jail. The three of them lived with their parents in houses in the suburbs surrounding Bankstown. If you live in Melbourne, you are at moderate risk of theft and breaking. I cant tell what some of the things are in the photos, what they once were. With Lebanons economy in tatters, led by a government widely accused of corruption, international donors and diaspora networks are the only hope for desperate Beirutis facing a food shortage and lack of shelter. The four men in this other car all raped this unfortunate young girl, who was then hosed down until she was soaking wet and forced out of the car that she was in near the Catholic Club at Lidcombe. Restaurateurs in Bankstown pay up to $50,000 a year in protection money or risk having their premises firebombed, while Shia and Sunni Muslims exchange invectives and blows on the streets. Lebanese (and I went to school with a lot of them) don't, they hate Australia's, they hate our way of life and they don't want to . Counsel for each of the other accused addressed the jury then. Europe live broadcast Lebanon was still politically dysfunctional and rivalries had left it without a president for most of 2016. None generated anything like the public attention these trials drew. His co-accused on the other hand, were quiet and restrained in their manner. The Lebanese-born population of Australia stood at 70,325 persons in the 1996 census. On that day Bilal Skaf, Belal Hajeid and Mohammed Ghanem sat behind bullet-proof glass in the dock of a court room within Sydney's Downing Centre complex. Called next to him in the front seat, but she indicated that there was no evidence of his involvement in the crime, but only wanted him as a witness to it. The 1995 NSW Legislative Council standing committee on social issues reported that while Lebanese-Australian youth comprise 0.9% of . Skaf used condoms and threw them on the ground. Conviction of Skaf was inevitable. Growing up in western Sydney, I was bullied and picked on for everything I did and stood for. Its just a mess. Abouzeid was in Melbourne at the time of the blast, relying on relatives to send photos of the destruction. A number of family members of the gang members, other than the Skafs, gave evidence and it seemed to me that they were decent, honourable people, who were troubled about the criminal involvement of these young men. When they got into the white van, the two girls discovered the presence of the other two men. Skaf clearly was the leader. USA 2. Within these neighbourhoods lies the ravaged home of award-winning Lebanese-Australian journalist Rania Abouzeid. The criminal justice system judged and punished the perpetrators. In no sense were the members of this gang representing other Lebanese people. The trial was quite tense. This meant that the Crown could seek my consent to cross-examine him to show that he was a man of bad character. 3. A large number of former Lebanese citizens immigrated to several major German cities under political asylum and refugee status. There was no obvious reason. In Australia crimes are legally classified as either indictable or non-indictable. 26 May . As well as these men who went to trial, there were four other men who subsequently pleaded guilty to participating in this spate of sexual assaults. Lebanese move to west Africa, escaping the crisis at home A new wave of migrants has come looking for jobs Jun 10th 2021 W HEN BANKS started to fail and protesters began filling the streets in. Ghanem's convictions for his participation in the attacks that were the subject of the first trial, however, were confirmed. Australia In Sydney, Disaffected Lebanese Kids Caught in Spiraling Gang Violence Facing racism at school and pressure at home, children from Middle Eastern families in Australia are dragged. National; Crime; How Skaf rape gang trapped their victims. ASIAN ORGANISED CRIME IN AUSTRALIA A Discussion Paper by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Crime Authority February 1995 (return to table of contents) 5. After they were raped, the victims were just abandoned. He writes that one suggested if sentences as large as that imposed on Bilal Skaf were allowed to stand rapists would in future murder their victims. Why did the gang first of all go to a shopping centre at Chatswood? Earlier we met Redfern-based Frank Hakim, the first major Lebanese criminal in Sydney, and younger men such as Louis Bayeh and Danny Karam. When I commenced the summing up, I said this: This is the twenty-first century since the birth of Christ; we are not in the nineteenth, eighteenth or seventeenth centuries. There were a series of instances of forced oral intercourse by each of the accused men and H, as well as Y and the men in the red van. Arab world To my mind, the community deserved to be protected from Bilal Skaf for many years. The way we have been connecting is through Slack, getting visuals out on social media to attract peoples attention, and direct people in a very structured way as to how they can help, she explains. When people have lost their homes and families, you dont think twice. Although Lebanese are to be found throughout Australia . Five computers were stolen along with the servers, Lebanese TV channel LBCI reported. Instead of taking her to the Harbour Bridge, Mohammed Skaf drove her to a park in Greenacre. Her evidence was very powerful. Lebanese mafia is a Colloquial term for organized crime groups which origin from Lebanon and Levant.Lebanese organized crime is active in the country of Lebanon itself, as well as in countries and areas with a large Arab community, most notably United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Canada also in the Triple Frontier in South America. You do what you can.. For thousands of Lebanese Australians residing in Lebanon, the opportunity to return to Australia at any point provides a psychological safety net. I cannot recall any other evidence being presented by him or on his behalf. The police arrested the perpetrator of the crime as she climbed to the tram, after people called who reported a woman with blood. Without Bilal Skaf leading them, perhaps they will come to see that there is a way forward. Single expats: 1.773 USD. But after seeing a close friend covered with petrol and set alight, he turned over a new leaf and began writing The Combination, a film about Lebanese schoolchildren who get caught up with gangs that won critical acclaim on release in 2010. To give you an idea of what to expect, here are some rent averages for the most popular cities in Australia. Both Mohammed Skaf and the victim went and saw her mother and got her consent as the trip was going to be on a Saturday night. Ghanem was convicted of various offences at this trial but was later acquitted by direction of the Court of Criminal Appeal, which ruled that certain evidence tendered by the Crown, and allowed by me to be given in the trial, should not have been admitted. The passion is there and so is the willingness to help, Rebecca Maakasa, a 23-year-old Melburnian, says. Praying for the injured, missing & dead, she wrote on Twitter. New South Wales (NSW) state police have arrested 31 people, including three teenagers, after a turf war between two prominent drug gangs [File: David Gray/Reuters] By Ian Lloyd Neubauer. Sports World Major Joyce Harmer of the Salvation Army was in court as a support person for her and I am sure this helped her greatly when she was giving evidence. 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Authorities have stopped Australians and Australian-Lebanese dual nationals, including mothers with children, from leaving Lebanon. It seems that the police learned from him that the woman had stabbed his friend as well. Mobile phone technology was used on each occasion to coordinate the attacks, which were well planned and carried out with determination by young men, one as young as fourteen, the oldest being Bilal Skaf at twenty-one years of age. Indeed, when he was being taken away after I imposed sentence on him, he turned to me and said, 'And I am innocent, you c***t!' ', Then Labor premier Bob Carr has said of the original 55-year sentence: 'It was certainly a headline grabber, it met community expectations, it sent a powerful message to any punk with violent tendencies on the margins of gang activity that this was very dangerous behaviour.'. Terror in Sydney: The Unspeakable Crimes of Bilal Skaf's Lebanese Rape Gang (Crime Documentary) Lebanese organized crime syndicates generally are active globally, largely due to the mass Arab population. Much of that support is being directed virtually to a grassroots online fundraising drive based in London. The identities of the men in the red van on 10 August have never been established. In my time there, Australia gave millions [to aid efforts in Lebanon], he says, explaining that Australian funds are transferred directly through the head offices of UN agencies or humanitarian organisations. Michael Finnane, the judge who imposed that record sentence - which was later reduced after several appeals - was widely celebrated for his stance at the time. There was also evidence that each of the accused and the men in the red van abused the girls, calling them 'sluts' and threatened retribution on them if either of them had VD or AIDS. The young girl who was the victim of these rapes could identify Mohammed Skaf, whom she knew well. Meanwhile Bilal Skaf and others with him got into the van in which they had come to the park and drove around to the telephone box where one of them produced a gun and ordered her to get inside. According to exclusive statistics from the armed crime squad, there has been a five-fold increase in non-fatal shootings in the north-west in four years and the region now sees almost two thirds of Victoria's non-fatal shootings. My sentence on him was substantially reduced by the Court of Criminal Appeal, which also reduced the sentences on some of the others involved, but not all of them. I also told them to put out of their minds any religious or racial views they had. Im Lebanese Australian and Im proud of both parts of my identity. The men in the van departed quickly and the man took her to his flat, calmed her down and helped her call a friend who eventually came and took her home. From 1880 to the 1920s, mainly Maronite, Melkite and Orthodox Christians arrived on a small scale. Lebanese families across generations in both rural and urban areas, including changes over time in occupations, education, religion, community activities and family values. Little is known regarding the health and lifestyle behaviours of Australians of Lebanese ethnicity. These are questions that will probably never be answered. It was obviously carefully planned and skilfully executed. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. There are certainly criminal groups you could describe as Middle Eastern in origin but the lines are now blurring, he tells TIME. Now retired from the District Court and back in private practice, Finnane has written about this terrible chapter in the country's criminal annals in a memoir about his life on the bench and at the bar. The sheer scale of it, and that it sounds like it was completely avoidable. My views on sentence were not those of the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeal, but their sentences prevail. The blast flattened the neighbourhoods closest to the port, such as Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael tourist hotspots and the heart of Beiruts famous nightlife, now as haunting as Stalingrad. Unlike many of the rape cases of which I am aware, there was no previous contact between any of the perpetrators and the victims, except for the second one in which Mohammed Skaf selected a sixteen-year-old from his school to be a victim. Some experienced criminal lawyers also expressed disagreements with Finnane's sentences, claiming he had no regard to the Skaf brothers' rehabilitation. 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