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Next Sex Trafficking Public Awareness Campaign

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Nigerian prostitutes wait for clients in Castel Volturno, near Naples, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Nigerian teenagers and young women selling sex is a common sight for motorists in Italy. Working along roadsides and secondary highways in cities big and small, they are a haunting reminder that while Italy has been successful in curbing immigration from Libya, it has largely failed to help a fraction of the migrants trafficked as sex slaves. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A new initiative from the state Department of Children and Families aims to raise public awareness about youth sex trafficking. A look at youth sex trafficking and what’s being done to combat it in Wisconsin.

Episode Credits

  • Carrie Kaufman Host
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Ashley Luthern Guest
  • Joy Ippolito Guest

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