Human trafficking and the role of the Iraqi legislator in confronting it

Abstract

The phenomenon of human trafficking is among the methods of ancient criminality, which is known to be called the soft commodity, as it has been developed as a result of the development of social life since it took other forms and faces due to the development of public life in societies and due to the factors of development and scientific progress. This was reflected positively on the methods used in the development and increase of this phenomenon especially in countries that suffer from difficult economic conditions or are going through political crises which may be the result of political rivalry between the poles of power or due to external factors that affected the prestige of these countries. So they began to face these groups of members of society that are going through difficult psychological stages that made them isolated from reality of this kind of crimes which forms and forever a major violation of human values as it transforms a person, whether a man or a woman, large or small, into a type of commodity that is used and shaped as human traffickers wish, not to mention what this constitutes in violation of the divine religions as well as international and societal norms. The crimes of human trafficking are like a scourge that gnaws at the body of countries that are suffering from security, societal and national instability as it lost the values and ideals that it used to cling to. Therefore, such a situation had to be confronted by all authorities in the state, starting with the legislative authority, the one that undertakes the task of enacting laws in addition to the executive authority which has an important role in putting the laws into practical application with the tools they need and which the administration body undertakes to implement, as they are required to maintain public order in society, and human trafficking is the most serious violation and the greatest scourge that is very difficult. To be faced by the administration without the cooperation of the individuals themselves.