The present Handbook will provide background information on trafficking in persons, including children, in Romania and current actors and structures working to prevent and eliminate trafficking, as well as information on the applicable international human rights and child rights framework and relevant Romanian legislation. Accordingly the present paper explains the child rights-based approaches to trafficking and its implications for studies and research in this field. The largest part in the handbook provides general information on the research process (design, implementation and evaluation), practical examples and lessons learned from the Child trafficking in Romania. Study on the recruiting process, a research study undertaken by ANITP. An annex with various tools completes this handbook. These tools can be used by all those wishing to conduct research and studies in the field. Some of these tools are an integrated part of both the study on the recruitment of children and international papers and documents that supported or guided the directions for research in the field