The patient may reject assistance because of concerns about the safety of loved ones or fear of reprisal. Victims often fear authority figures, such as the police, because many of them are erroneously treated as criminals at the local level.35 Victims' handlers often tell them that if they are discovered by the authorities, they will be arrested and jailed. If trafficked from another country, victims may fear deportation and the profound social stigma of having been a prostitute, even if by enslavement.36