Florida bill aims to close loophole in fight against human trafficking Advocates and lawmakers found some hotels continued to fall out of compliance without consequences. To stream 10 Tampa Bay on ...

Florida is a national leader in educating students about human trafficking. The state’s K-12 students receive instruction on how to prevent child sexual abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking.

This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay, Marissa Martinez and Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. A key office ...

Anti-Human trafficking experts said Florida is getting "some things right" in the fight against child/youth sex trafficking, but there is room for improvement.

Thirty-five human trafficking victims were identified and/or rescued in 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla. as a result of the efforts by police and community partners. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

State Report on Human Trafficking” commissioned by the state of Florida, estimated that more than 500,000 people were exploited in labor trafficking and 200,000 in sex trafficking within the state in ...

During a Jan. 11 National Human-Trafficking Awareness Day event at Florida State College at Jacksonville, Sweeney said the local housing shortage was “critical” with only four beds available ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF)- Gov. Ron DeSantis could soon crack down on human trafficking by signing a bill to establish a statewide registry for pimps and johns. But the fight against human ...

human trafficking is the largest. growing criminal enterprise in the world. i watch two people being murdered who tried to help me. my first instinct was to go back and get a gun and kill him.

January 2021 marks National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and there are many events you can attend to learn about these issues. (A full calendar of events is available at ...

Florida leaders virtually discussed their plans to combat human trafficking at the 2020 Human Trafficking Summit. This year, there were more than 2,000 registered participants from every Florida ...

The council reports figures based on calls to the Florida Abuse Hotline, operated by the Department of Children and Families. Since the hotline added a code for human trafficking in 2009, reports ...