Baghdad court jails woman 10 years for child trafficking
BAGHDAD — The Rusafa Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison after she was found with a child she had purchased for 9 million dinars ($6,322) and intended to resell, the judiciary said.
The judiciary’s media office said the woman was arrested with the child inside her home in a Baghdad neighborhood.
The court issued the ruling under Article 6, sections 1 and 2, of the Anti-Human Trafficking Law No. 28 of 2012, with reference to Article 132/2 of the Iraqi Penal Code.
Similar cases have surfaced in recent months. In February, a Baghdad man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling his infant son after advertising him on social media. In December 2024, Baghdad Police Command reported arresting a man and a woman in Adhamiya for allegedly selling two children for four million dinars ($2,638).