The Witness Protection Program is intended for crucial witnesses whose
prospective testimony puts them in immediate danger.
The entire purpose of the Witness Protection Program is to keep the witnesses
safe so that they can testify at trials that could convict members of organized crime,
gangs or terrorist networks.
The successful operation of this program is widely recognized as providing a
unТque and valuable tool Тn the government’s battle agaТnst maУor crТmТnal
conspirators and organized crime.
Today, the Witness Protection Program is essential to the prosecution of hundreds
of cases.
Without it, many witnesses would never come forward or would be killed if they
did. With the protection provided by the program, witnesses can testify and then
disappear when the trial is over, and the criminals they testify against are almost
always convicted.
