Investigating the Effectiveness of Traffickers' Property Confiscation in Combating Organized Crime (Case Study of Kurdistan Province)

The confiscation of property has, as a matter of fact, been customary as one of the ways to deal with crimes, and is now included as one of the methods of combating drugs and other crimes in the official law of our country. Today, drug gangs are gaining enormous gains through criminal acts, which poses a serious threat to the country and can affect the political, economic, and cultural institutions of the country and then become a source of threats to national security. Thus, it is very important to conduct scientific research in order to select the right and scientific ways and take effective measures to confront this ominous phenomenon. Therefore, by performing these researches, the problems and deficiencies of this area are more known and the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of confiscation of property derived from the criminal offenses of drug traffickers in traditional and industrial drugs, precursors and psychotropic drugs in Kurdistan province. 

  This research is qualitative in nature and method, and Delphi method and interview with experts were used for collecting data. The statistical population consists of ten experts and fighters in the field of drug abuse in Kurdistan province. Sampling is of the total number.

Findings:

The results of this study revealed that confiscation of property derived from criminal acts and drug trafficking and precursors could be one of the good methods of combating organized crime and other crimes such as money laundering and terrorism.

If the identification of the smugglers' assets is done properly, they can impose irreparable blows on the trafficking of narcotics, precursors and psychotropic substances by enforcing the relevant laws and seizing them.