The Iraqi Observatory for Victims of Human Trafficking announced the discovery of 27 trafficking rings in Baghdad and other governorates in the last five months. The Anadolu News Agency reported that the Observatory found in its report that there are 27 human trafficking networks that carry out organ trafficking and are engaging women in prostitution rings. These networks were detected between February 1 and July of this year.
The report said that, according to information obtained by the Observatory (via its observers in different governorates), the majority of the networks take refuge in South Kurdistan. According to the same data, seven other networks are established in the governorate of Sulaymaniyah and trap their victims through brokers who manage fake Facebook pages. Nine other networks are working in the governorates of Kirkuk, Dahuk, and Erbil where they trap adolescents and homeless people for organ trafficking.
In its report, the Observatory stated that it has identified five organized crime rings that engage in trafficking of women in Baghdad—especially underage girls— who are then moved into prostitution rings. These networks work through pages and websites that promise young girls to find spouses and end up inserting them into prostitution networks.
The Iraqi Observatory for Victims of Human Trafficking has also discovered three other networks that employ children and women beggars, two of which work in the governorates of Babylon and Ash-Shinafiyah.
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