The OSCE has established anti-trafficking guidelines for all OSCE personnel and field operations that are to be implemented in a manner appropriate to their mandates and resources.49 These provide basic information on how field operations may respond to individual cases of trafficking. The guidelines stipulate that:  Field operations should consider trafficking issues as an appropriate subject for inclusion in their regular reporting. Field operations should establish procedures with the national governments of their host countries through which to report specific instances or suspicions of trafficking to local law enforcement authorities;  Field offices could also be involved in co-ordinating appropriate, timely response mechanisms to urgent trafficking cases in close co-operation with the government and other international organizations and NGOs;  If field operations are confronted with a likely case of trafficking, such a response, where appropriate, could include:  Verifying the circumstances and allegations, with due regard to the alleged victim’s safety;  Facilitating shelter and services to the victims;  Facilitating legal assistance to the victims, including special protection due to their status as witnesses of a crime;  Liaising with consular and border authorities in order to obtain travel and identification documents and to allow a safe and voluntary return of the victim;  Monitoring and reporting follow-up to individual cases, with the victim’s consent, in order to avoid revictimization and to contribute to the effective prosecution of perpetrators, as well as to the reintegration of trafficking victims into society. 49 The OSCE anti-trafficking guidelines were issued jointly by the Secretary General and the Director of the ODIHR to all OSCE field operations on 18 June 2001. The full text of the guidelines is available on the ODIHR website at http://www.osce.org/odihr/documents/guidelines/at_guidelines.pdf. 59 5