testimony of victims alone; as well as experts’ workshop on practices and techniques for investigating sexual crimes and other topics related to organized crime. Investigators, prosecutors and judges have had an opportunity to exchange experience with renowned international experts, benefiting from current knowledge of types, trends and the extent of the measures required to successfully obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute offenders. The SR/CTHB promoted increased access to justice for victims of trafficking and exploited persons. Furthermore, the SR/CTHB engaged with the judiciary and prosecution services via training and awareness-raising to promote an interpretation of the definition of human trafficking in line with the evolving international jurisprudence. To this end, the SR/CTHB addressed an EU judicial training seminar in Krakow, Poland in March, and the Office co-organized an international judicial training seminar in Haifa, Israel in August 2013, together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The OSR/CTHB also contributed to capacity building through various trainings for professionals (e.g., border guards, judiciary, law enforcement, military personnel, and prosecutors), organized in the participating States. This included training for the NATO Partnership for Peace Training Centre in Ankara and the specialized training courses for FRONTEX. In Addition, the OSR/CTHB co-ordinated with the TNTD on a number of innovative extrabudgetary (ExB) projects such as “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: New Challenges and Threats” in Belarus; “Strengthening understanding of the link between irregular migration and transnational crimes impacting migrants in irregular situations” covering some selected OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation; and “Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in organs, tissues and cells – review of legislative framework and practices in the OSCE participating States”. In 2013, the SR/CTHB and the Office continued external co-operation with important partners in the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons, including with regional and international organizations, as well as with civil society organizations. With more than 30 international organizations and NGOs, the Alliance is a valuable platform for co-operation, providing OSCE participating States with easy access to their expertise, most recent research and best practices. The OSR intended to continue and strengthen this work particularly within the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons and the Alliance Expert Co-ordination Team (AECT)12. These partnerships are critical for information sharing, strategic networking and joint actions in the OSCE region and contribute significantly to better co-operation and co-ordination among international organizations and with civil society. The Alliance is an excellent example of the implementation of the OSCE’s Platform for Co-operative Security. 12 46 AECT includes representatives from OSCE executive structures and Institutions (OSR/CTHB, TNTD/SPMU, OCEEA, Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, ODIHR), Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings, Caritas, The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), Council of Europe, Council of Baltic Sea States, European Commission, EC Expert Group, ECPAT, EUROPOL, Human Rights Watch, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Labour Organization (ILO), INTERPOL, International Organization of Employers (IOE), International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Federation of Terre des Hommes, International Trade Union Conference (ITUC), La Strada International, Nexus Institute, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), Save the Children, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, UNODC, UN WOMEN, and World Vision International.