A Comparative Study of the Crime of Human Trafficking in Iran and Germany and the Legal Preventives

One of the important problems of humanity is human trafficking and smuggling¡ which has taken an extensive dimension and every year a large number of people have become victim of this heinous trade. In this regard Iran has also not been immune from this phenomenon; particularly that Iran is a transit point for human smuggling. In Germany also the statistics for human smuggling and trafficking has gone up considerably due to developments in former Eastern bloc and the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. The purpose of the present article is to compare the laws in Iran and Germany for combating the crime of human smuggling and trafficking. Human smuggling is a profitable trade; therefore for fighting against it¡ besides existence of strong criminal law¡ there should also be special measures for eradicating the factors that prepare the ground for this crime¡ so that human dignity is preserved. In spite of the existence of law in the European Union which binds Germany to fight human smuggling and the laws in Islamic Republic of Iran¡ there still is some inefficiency in fight against this phenomenon¡ which by full implementation of the existing law and joining international conventions like Palermo and the annexed protocols¡ a better result can be achieved in fight against human smuggling and trafficking.