A/HRC/20/18 12. Are different or additional protections available for child or women victim-witnesses who participate in trafficking in persons cases? If so, please describe these protections. 13. Please describe efforts to gather alternative or corroborative evidence (i.e., evidence other than victim testimony) in cases of trafficking in persons and any success or challenges that have arisen. Asset confiscation 14. If your government has domestic legislation to allow for seizing and confiscating assets derived from or used in criminal activity, how has such legislation been used to seize and confiscate the assets of traffickers? How much has been confiscated over the last five years? 15. Are any mechanisms in place to ensure that confiscated assets can be used for the benefit of victims of trafficking? If so, how do such mechanisms function? Please provide specific examples. Capacity-building efforts and specialized mechanisms 16. What efforts have been made by your government to strengthen the technical capacity of criminal justice officials who are or may be involved in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in persons cases? If training has been provided, please provide details. 17. Have specialized investigation or prosecution units or specialized courts been established in your country? If so, please describe the mandate and structure of such units and courts, and the types of cases investigated, prosecuted or heard. National and international cooperation 18. Please describe any collaboration (formal or informal) that takes place between government agencies and victim service agencies or NGOs to facilitate the prosecution of cases and the involvement of victims as witnesses. Please also describe any challenges to such cooperation. 19. To what extent have your criminal justice agencies undertaken international cooperation with respect to the prosecution of trafficking in persons cases? Please provide specific examples of international cooperation that your government has undertaken in the last five years that have facilitated the prosecution of trafficking in persons cases in your country (or of trafficking in persons prosecutions conducted in another country). Please also describe any formal agreements that may have been concluded to facilitate such cooperation. 20. Is your national anti-trafficking response supported by international organizations or bilateral development agencies? If so, please describe whether - and if so how - this support has strengthened your criminal justice response to trafficking in persons. Other matters 21. Please attach copies of any policies, plans of action, legislation or jurisprudence and any evaluations, reviews or assessments focused on the prosecution of trafficking cases in your country. Please also submit any further comments or information that you may deem relevant. 25