Designing and conducting research and producing an assessment report which includes recommendations for further action by the state authorities in charge of coordinating anti-trafficking efforts.

The main research questions were related to factors affecting entry into trafficking situations, profiles of internal VoTs, ways of their recruitment, perception of the provided care and prosecution procedures.

The main research method was face-to-face in-depth interviews with victims and structured interviews with caseworkers for these victims and with Key Informants such as police officers, social workers and prosecutors. All interviews were conducted according to a single research guideline which was adapted to the various interview types and contexts.