Australia TV crew face kidnap charges in Lebanon

Prosecutors in Lebanon have filed charges against an Australian TV crew held over an attempt to abduct two children in a custody dispute. Australia’s Channel Nine said reporter Tara Brown and three colleagues faced four charges, including kidnapping. Five people arrested alongside them – including the children’s Australian mother – have also been charged. The […]

Prosecutors in Lebanon have filed charges against an Australian TV crew held over an attempt to abduct two children in a custody dispute.
Australia’s Channel Nine said reporter Tara Brown and three colleagues faced four charges, including kidnapping.
Five people arrested alongside them – including the children’s Australian mother – have also been charged.
The mother, Sally Faulkner, says her Lebanese ex-husband moved the children to Lebanon without permission.
Channel Nine said it had been “seeking to highlight” cross-border custody disputes.
Lebanon is not party to the Hague Convention, a treaty designed to ensure the swift return of children abducted internationally by a parent.