Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is focused on tackling the nationwide issue of human trafficking."It's happening right here in Nebraska," said Sasse. Tuesday afternoon, a panel of experts presented research along with how their specific area of expertise is combating the issue. The panel included Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, Crysta Price, director of the Human Trafficking Initiative and David Murray, vice president of the Financial Integrity Network. Right now Sasse says the committee's focus is educating individuals on the signs and red flags on human trafficking. Law enforcement is learning the red flags and understanding that trafficking victims aren't always criminals committing prostitution. "Previously if had stop on I-80 and had a 24-year-old male, a 23-year-old male, and a 16-year-old female in a car and there was illegal drugs in the car, they would start with the assumption that they're dealing with three criminals," the Republican senator said. "Now increasingly the state patrol in that situation would start by asking the question, 'We know we have illegal drugs being trafficked in this situation, but how do we know if we have a human being trafficked as well?' And that 16-year-old girl would be thought of as potentially first victim, not necessarily as accomplice in the drug trafficking space."Individuals working in finance-related positions like banks are also receiving training. Experts say you can sometimes spot a victim by taking a close eye at their banking transactions. "There are tools that don't really exist yet in the anti human trafficking space that do exist in the anti drug trafficking space and so the banking committee, this is just our first field hearing on this. We expect there to be an ongoing educational process." said Sasse.