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This is America's dirty little secret, these are crimes the public doesn't see, that the public doesn't want to believe exist.

Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, referring to human trafficking. A new law in Georgia imposes harsh penalties for forcing children into the sex trade and protects trafficking victims from criminal charges.

Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, referring to human trafficking. A new law in Georgia imposes harsh penalties for forcing children into the sex trade and protects trafficking victims from criminal charges.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.