The study, Breaking the wall of silence, looked at 37 cases of trafficked children and spoke to 72 different children's professionals in three areas of England to assess how they respond to the challenge of helping young victims of trafficking.
While areas of good practice were identified, the researchers said more training is needed to help people working in universal children's services, such as solicitors and accident and emergency departments, to identify where children may have been trafficked.
According to the research there is still a "tangible level of confusion" among children's services staff about a definition of trafficking and how to apply it to the young people in their care.
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