ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 Notes:  Residence permits granted to victims of human trafficking according to special provisions of art. 46 Law 3386/2005, as amended.  Due to mixed migration, facilitators of illegal entry into the country may also act as traffickers. As this cannot be easily ascertained, the above number of traffickers refers to those arrested for trafficking in human beings.  The nature of the crimes, the time of the arrest determine the course and the completion of the criminal proceedings. The above number of convictions includes both 1st and 2nd instance court decisions. Sources: Residence Permits: Ministry of Interior. Traffickers arrested: Ministry of Public Order and Citizen's Protection/Hellenic Police, Ministry of Shipping and Aegean/ Hellenic Coastguard. Data on criminal proceedings and convictions: Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. 39