They escaped ISIS. Then they got sucked into Baghdad’s sex trafficking underworld
Nadia's handshake is strong, but her voice trembles as she says hello. Leaning against a window, she describes in painful detail the twisted journey that saw her evade the grip of terrorists only to fall victim to Baghdad's sex trafficking underworld. Stories like Nadia's have become all too familiar in the wake of ISIS' defeat in Iraq. […]Arwa Damon, Ghazi Balkiz, Brice Laine, and Aqeel Najm write for CNN:
Nadia's handshake is strong, but her voice trembles as she says hello. Leaning against a window, she describes in painful detail the twisted journey that saw her evade the grip of terrorists only to fall victim to Baghdad's sex trafficking underworld.
Stories like Nadia's have become all too familiar in the wake of ISIS' defeat in Iraq. The decline of the militant group has given rise to another evil: human trafficking networks that thrive on the spoils of war, the displaced and the desperate.
