Heartland Alliance is implementing a two-year education, prevention and direct services project to address the needs of Iraqi victims of sex trafficking in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and within Iraq. The project develops partnerships between women's NGOs, law enforcement agencies and UN agencies, and enhances IOM's role in coordinating protection and referral of trafficking victims by assuring the existence of trained, interconnected service providers in each country. The project bolsters service capacity at seven partnering agencies, provides training and technical consultation to government officials, and provides training to first responders, including law enforcement officials and LNGO staff, who both protect and provide services for victims of trafficking.  Through coordinated information collection, the project is designed to enable UN agencies, law enforcement and civil society organizations to better understand trafficking networks, and to better design trafficking prevention programs. 

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