In Iraq, a special police unit is struggling to turn the tide against human trafficking and the soaring sex trade.
Simona Foltyn
Simona Foltyn is a Baghdad-based independent journalist and documentary filmmaker covering the Middle East. From 2019-2021, she was Al Jazeera English... ’s Iraq correspondent. Focused on in-depth, investigative reportage of armed struggle, social justice, corruption and human rights, her work has - in addition to Al Jazeera - been published by PBS Newshour, France24, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, Politico Magazine and others. Simona has partnered with Type Investigations and the Pulitzer Center and has been awarded the Kurt Schork Memorial Award for her reporting on South Sudan. She holds a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University and previously worked for the United Nations and the Boston Consulting Group.
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Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to base of Kataib Hezbollah, which has been accused of attacking US forces in Iraq and raided by Baghdad government.
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Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to base of Kataib Hezbollah, which has been accused of attacking US forces in Iraq and raided by Baghdad government.