Criminal Law and Criminology
Fatemeh Vajdani Fakhr
Abstract
Trafficking human beings, particularly females and children, known as modern slavery, has been an instance of organized crime being intensified since the early 1990s, and has become a global issue in recent years aimed for sexual exploitation. Trafficking is now an extent phenomenon worldwide so much ...
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Trafficking human beings, particularly females and children, known as modern slavery, has been an instance of organized crime being intensified since the early 1990s, and has become a global issue in recent years aimed for sexual exploitation. Trafficking is now an extent phenomenon worldwide so much many females, who have left their home and homeland to escape poverty and seek a better life, not only have not achieved it, but are increasingly plunged into a whirlpool for which there is no escape. Trafficking human beings as a criminal offense punishable in Iran does not have a long legal history, however due to the lack of accurate criminal statistics, it cannot be discussed about the real or near-real exchange rates of trafficking females. However what is in the newspapers or in the public language illustrates the alarming statistics on human trafficking in Iran. The present study aims to examine numerous ambiguities and weaknesses in domestic and international legal system on human trafficking. The author has also made great efforts in debugging and harmonizing Iranian criminal law with existing international documents by providing constructive solutions and suggestions
