The overall objective of the RCP programme is to contribute to improved trafficking programmes and policy through a better understanding of the trafficking phenomenon in the South-eastern European region, with particular attention to the needs and experiences of victims throughout the trafficking process.

The data is to be valuable in developing services and assistance frameworks tailored to a variety of victim profiles and trafficking experiences. Changes in trafficking patterns must be examined if counter-trafficking organizations are to address the needs of victims appropriately. RCP Second Annual Report resents the main findings of data consolidated from across the region for the period between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2004, incorporating description and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data concerning trafficking victims assisted within South-eastern Europe (SEE).