A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 81
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In some States, laws explicitly provide that restitution and compensation be made to victims of trafficking out of the proceeds of assets seizure. In Cambodia, for example, articles 46 and 47 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation afford victims "preference over property confiscated by the State" for the payment of damages. Other schemes have been established to allow the direct transfer of funds to victims; for example, in Nigeria, the Victim of Trafficking Trust Fund manages the proceeds of confiscated assets for the welfare and rehabilitation of the victim. In 2008, in England and Wales (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), in the matter of AT v Dulghieru, the High Court awarded compensation of £611,000 to four trafficking victims of the £786,000 that had been confiscated.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children