A Project on “Strengthening law enforcement response in India against trafficking in persons through training and capacity building” was taken up in the Ministry of Home Affairs as a joint initiative of the Government of India and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in select States (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Bihar). The project began in April, 2006 and came to end on 31st Dec 2009. It was proposed to establish 330 Anti-Human Trafficking Units throughout the country and impart training to 10,000 police officers through a Training of Trainers component in three years. The joint project contributed towards developing of 12 very important resource books about Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and in setting up of Anti Human Trafficking Units under the police department of the project States. The project had given very positive outcomes in some of the States especially in raising awareness. 396 training programmes were conducted and more than 13,670 persons (Police and prosecutors) were trained. Besides, 9 Anti Human Trafficking Units involving government officials and NGOs were set up in the states of Goa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar and they are all functional. In addition, the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Bihar on their own set up 38 and 21 Anti Human Trafficking Units, respectively. The Government has, inter alia, already set up 104 local anti-trafficking units and increased the numbers of convictions of people involved in human trafficking for forced labour. The Government has proposed to establish 330 Anti Human Trafficking Units throughout the country and impart training to 10,000 police officers through Training of Trainers (TOTs) component.