defined in the Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection etc. of Victims. According to Women’s Rights Support Division of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, foreign women are eligible for provision of meals and accommodation, medical and legal assistance, vocational training and employment assistance, interpretation as well as support in going back to their home country under the Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection, etc. of Victims. However, according to the Research on the Current Status of Support for Foreign Crime Victims and Improvement Measures (2017) conducted by the Korean Institute of Criminology, protection and assistance for human trafficking victims are not properly provided in the criminal procedure. There are many cases where human trafficking victims who were enticed for the purpose of sex traffic (many Thai women victimized by forced prostitution after coming to Korea enticed by an advertisement hiring massage therapists from Thailand) are found through crackdown activities but recognized as offenders of sex traffic because of the lack of assistance in giving a statement such as interpretation and the police’s failure to identify human trafficking victims. In addition, there are cases where foreign witnesses were not provided with travel expenses in the criminal procedure due to the lack of consideration for characteristics of foreigners. Also, there was a case where the Support Center for Crime Victims rejected to cover the cost of returning home for a human trafficking victim citing the absence of precedents.28 80. Although it is very important for an investigation agency which first contacts with the victims to identify them since it is a starting point to prevent additional damage from human trafficking and provide help to victims, there are limits on identification of human trafficking victims at an early stage on the site without specific criteria of judgment. Thus, in 2016, the NHRCK recommended the Government to develop and utilize the Human Trafficking Victim Identification and Protection Index that is specific criteria to identify human trafficking victims on the site and protect them. 28 Choi Young-shin, Jang Da-hye (2017), the Research on the Current Status of Support for Foreign Crime Victims and Improvement Measures, Korean Institute of Criminology, pp87-88