Human Trafficking in Kurdistan

Human Trafficking is a growing challenge in Iraq, both as a source and destination country. The war with ISIS has also caused an increase in trafficking rates in Iraq and risks for the most vulnerable women, children, minorities, displaced people, and LGBTIQ+.

Approximately 45 million people are subject to some form of modern slavery in the world today with an estimated 403,800 modern day slaves in Iraq.

The Global Slavery Index 2018, view infographic

Elements of Human Trafficking

Trafficking victims in Iraq and the IKR continued to be vulnerable to arrest, imprisonment, and deportation for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being subjected to human trafficking, such as prostitution, immigration violations, and child soldiering.

State Department, Trafficking in Persons Report 2018