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The Witness Security Program has successfully protected approximately 19,000 participants–including innocent victim-witnesses and cooperating defendants and their dependent family members – from intimidation and retribution since the program began in 1971.
Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after trials, usually by police.
The United States Federal Witness Protection Program (WPP), also known as the Witness Security Program or WITSEC, is a witness protection program codified through 18 U.S. Code § 3521 and administered by the United States Department of Justice.
Witness protection is provided only for witnesses whose testimony is determined to be essential to the successful prosecution of a criminal case and in which the witness's life or the life of his family is at risk.
- Kevin Bonsor
The Witness Security Program has successfully protected approximately 19,000 participants – including innocent victim-witnesses and cooperating defendants and their dependent family members – from intimidation and retribution since the program began in 1971.
Dec 15, 2021 · What exactly is the Witness Protection Program, and how does it work? Here's what you need to know about the secretive program.
Jul 9, 2020 · The U.S. originally started the federal witness protection program to protect people from the mob. And the people who received protection? They were usually part of the mob too.
