A/HRC/20/18 more than 4,000 victims since it began its work in 2003.75 The agency works with other federal agencies, civil society and international organizations to coordinate victim assistance and centralize information on anti-trafficking activities, and has helped to establish State-level anti-trafficking committees.76 62. In Pakistan, the Federal Investigation Agency has set up specialized anti-trafficking units. 77 India has also developed anti-human trafficking units in a number of its police departments designed to investigate trafficking cases. While reports have indicated that many of the units lack resources, India has earmarked funding to establish new ones as part of its efforts to strengthen its national law enforcement response. 78 63. Another important issue is the extensive backlog of trafficking cases in the courts. The establishment of specialized courts could help to remedy this; for example, Argentina and Uruguay have created specialized courts to deal exclusively with trafficking cases. 79 More recently, the Chief Judge of Edo State in Nigeria granted approval to develop two special courts to try human trafficking cases. 80 The United States81 and Mexico82 have each made efforts to develop specialized units to prosecute cases of trafficking in persons. 64. Insufficient data and accompanying analysis on patterns of criminal activity continue to hinder efforts to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases. To address this problem, Peru has developed a database system for its national police force to record and manage trafficking cases, which can be used to generate statistical reports and qualitative intelligence information to enhance investigative capacity. 83 In Colombia, an operational anti-trafficking in persons centre coordinates and tracks investigations, prosecutions and victim assistance programmes.84 5. Rights of the accused 65. The strength of criminal justice responses to trafficking are partly reflected by the incorporation of internationally accepted procedural guarantees for the accused. The provision of protection and support for victims must be balanced against respect for the rights of those accused of trafficking crimes. Failure to provide for the rights of the accused could compromise the integrity of proceedings and undermine trust in the justice process. 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 16 Ucheckukwu Olisa, “Human Trafficking: NAPTIP secures conviction of 110 persons”, Nigerian Tribune, 9 June 2011. Available from www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/23292-humantrafficking-naptip-secures-conviction-of-110-persons. Submission by Nigeria, pp. 10-11. See Pakistan National Action Plan for combating Human Trafficking, available from www.fia.gov.pk/HUMAN.htm. United States Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 (see footnote 63), India, p. 189. See submission by Argentina, p. 48, and A/HRC/17/35/Add.3, para. 49. See Clement Idoko, “FG reiterates commitment to combat human trafficking”, Nigerian Tribune, 1 March 2011, available from www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/18216-fg-reiterates-commitmentto-combat-human-trafficking. United States Department of Justice, “Department of justice announces launch of human trafficking enhanced enforcement initiative”, press release, 1 February 2011, available from www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/February/11-ag-140.html. Submission by Mexico, p. 15. Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, The Vienna Forum report: a way forward to combat human trafficking, New York. Available from www.un.org/ga/president/62/ThematicDebates/humantrafficking/ebook.pdf. Submission by Colombia.