Successful prosecutions in human trafficking cases are often determined by the level of support provided to victims who may submit to stockholm syndrome.

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response, where persons develop positive feelings towards their captors or abusers.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, highlighted the challenge with the syndrome, during a Caribbean Trafficking in Persons Forum in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday.

DDP Llewellyn explained that victim support also includes meeting with them to gain their trust.