witness protection
Informant safety program
Witness protection is a government program that relocates and provides new identities for witnesses whose testimony against criminals puts their lives at risk.
The phrase often appears with *program*: She entered witness protection after testifying against the cartel.
The concept evokes dramatic life upheaval—severing all ties, assuming a new name, disappearing permanently.
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- threatsDeclarations of intended harm
turning state's evidence · informant · legal immunity · marshal · mafia · relocation · identity · cover story · trauma recovery · betrayal · plea bargain · federal · relocation assistance · new identity · law enforcement · surveillance · trial · mob
- EU crime lawEuropol, Schengen, police cooperation, harmonization, criminal procedure
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
- FBIFBI, agent, special agent, bureau, FBI Academy
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
witness protectionwitness intimidation
Threatening courtroom testifiers
witness tampering · retaliation · target · hit list · death threat
witness protectionexposure
State of being unprotected
cover blown · unmasking · outing · doxing · wanted poster
witness protectionimprisonment
Legal detention in jail
incarceration · prison · punishment · criminal prosecution · death row
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