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‘There are people for sale here’: Madison authorities struggle to support victims of sex trafficking

Since passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the global Palermo Protocol defined trafficking and set protections for victims in 2000, identifying human trafficking has increased.But University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor Lara Gerassi said with the heightened awareness came an “everyone at risk” model, which does not recognize that certain communities are at increased risk and should be targeted for identification, prevention and intervention.