"Critical studies on human trafficking in Argentina have shown precisely how the anti-trafficking apparatus tends to produce a standardized figure of the victim, and to treat refusal to recognize such status as indirect evidence of dependency rather than as an empirical datum to be institutionally weighed with caution. In this context, the role of the Office of the Prosecutor for Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons (PROTEX) is central. In addition to intervening in specific cases—such as EYBA, Tagliabué, and International Tabernacle—PROTEX conducts nationwide training for judicial operators, disseminating operational guidelines and interpretive frameworks. This pedagogical-institutional function helps explain the homogeneity of vocabulary and specific lines of reasoning. It includes the circulation of notions rejected by the vast majority of the scientific community and foreign to the Criminal Code, such as “coercive persuasion,” which expands the category of victim and discredits testimony that denies the prosecutorial hypothesis."