Journal of Political Strategy

Preventing Human and Migrant Smuggling Crimes from the Perspective of International Law by Emphasizing Challenges and Strategies

Volume 3, Issue 11 - Serial Number 11
Winter 2020
Pages 187-204
Journal of Political Strategy

Document Type : Original Independent Original Article

Authors

mohammad mohammadi 1
ali pourghasab amiri 2
hasan soleimani 2

1 PhD student in International Law, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of International Law, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran.

Abstract
Trafficking in human beings and migrants generates billions of dollars a year in profits for those who commit these crimes, and governments and international organizations have to spend a lot of money to fight these crimes. These high costs have led to a gradual approach to international documents, especially human trafficking and immigration trafficking protocols. The main question in the present study, which has been conducted by descriptive-analytical method, is what are the challenges and strategies to prevent human and migrant trafficking in the international legal system? The result of the present study is that the challenges facing the prevention of human trafficking and immigration are the lack of communication between human trafficking and immigrants and other crimes and the lack of attention to the role of NGOs and adopting repressive approaches instead of supportive approaches. Crimes against victims of trafficking in human beings and immigrants. Strategies to prevent human and migrant trafficking offenses can include identifying human trafficking practices and the origins of illegal immigration

Keywords

Human trafficking
immigration trafficking
Palermo Convention
International Organized Crime
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