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This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay, Marissa Martinez and Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. A key office ...
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 ...
A key office charged by Congress with coordinating the federal government’s work against human trafficking was gutted last ...
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey ...
A newly released study estimated that more than 500,000 people were exploited in labor trafficking and 200,000 in sex ...
A map in the report shows Orange and other Central Florida counties are among the highest in the state for commercial sex ...
Law enforcement collaborations allow for intelligence sharing, coordinated rescue missions, and joint training programs for ...
A new report shows Florida has one of the highest rates of human trafficking in the country. WMNF's Chris Young has more.
A statewide report from the University of South Florida's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Lab estimates that more than 700,000 Floridians were trafficked last year and presents a data-driven strategy ...
Even though a state-designated lab had been compiling data on human trafficking since it was established in 2019, the report released this month is the first of its kind.
Researchers at the University of South Florida estimate there were 200,000 victims of sex trafficking in the state in 2024. A research lab at the university developed what it called a “first-of ...
“The 2024 State Report on Human Trafficking” commissioned by the state of Florida estimates that more than 500,000 people were exploited in labor trafficking and 200,000 in sex trafficking ...