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Balkan Expert Witness
TRF / 04

Trafficking & Re-trafficking Risk

Individualized evaluation of trafficking exposure, organized-crime reprisal, institutional support, and durable reintegration on return.

Scope of opinion

Evidence calibrated to the individual question

Risk is assessed through personal, household, community, and structural factors. Formal referral mechanisms are compared with actual capacity, eligibility, duration, and geographic accessibility.

Country evidence informs the tribunal's assessment. It does not determine credibility or make the ultimate legal finding.

Analytical boundary

Questions commonly addressed

  • Which factors increase vulnerability to re-trafficking?
  • Can the original network locate or exert pressure on return?
  • What protection and accommodation are practically accessible?
  • Can reintegration remain safe after short-term support ends?
Method record · Verification sequence

01

STEP / 01

Vulnerability matrix

Evaluate age, gender, health, debt, family conditions, documentation, housing, and livelihood without deterministic assumptions.

02

STEP / 02

Network capability

Assess trafficker reach, cross-border links, corruption indicators, threats, and evidence of continued interest.

03

STEP / 03

Referral capacity

Review identification, shelter access, specialist care, witness protection, and practical eligibility.

04

STEP / 04

Durability

Test whether safety and subsistence persist beyond emergency assistance and whether relocation creates new exposure.

Assessment criteria

Factors made explicit in the report.

  1. 01Individual vulnerability factors
  2. 02Trafficker network reach
  3. 03Operational support capacity
  4. 04Long-term reintegration safety

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