Transnational organized crime is one of the most problematic matters
for international community in 21 st century. These crimes are committed by organized criminal groups consisting of three or more persons, a unique leadership and strict discipline with cruel sanstions. They are committing crimes in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit. The groups are involved in trafficking in persons, especially women and children, because of high benefits of the crime. The United Nations, acting on behalf of international community, elaborated an international document named “United Nations convention against Transnational Organized Crime” with two protocols in 2000. In response to this crime, the first protocol named “Protocol to Prevent and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime” was approved by the general assembly in 2000. The protocol is analyzed as the most comprehensive international document in the matter. Since the provisions of the protocol - like the ones of the convention - are flexiblenot to violate the sovereignty of states or basic principles of their national law, its ratification is recommendable to Iran.
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