Document Type : Reasearch paper
Abstract
Human trafficking, alongside drug and arms trafficking, is one of the three major crimes that generate huge profits and simultaneously serve as a source of funding for other crimes. Children and women are among the most vulnerable victims of human trafficking, according to reports from the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration, due to economic and social factors that lead to the exploitation of these groups, especially in terms of sexual exploitation, prostitution, and begging. The income obtained by organized crime through national human trafficking crimes can be compared to arms and drug trafficking. To combat this phenomenon, international organizations and the international community have resorted to concluding international and regional agreements to limit this phenomenon. Moreover, states have not only resorted to that but also rushed to enact national laws to combat human trafficking, including the Republic of Iraq, which passed the "Combatting Trafficking in Persons" Law No. (28) of 2012 following Iraq's approval of the agreements issued by the United Nations and the attached protocols.
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