Florida's location and rapid growth have made it a prime target for human trafficking, according to a new state-commissioned report. The study points to the state's busy airports, ports and highways, ...

A new study suggests that human trafficking is running rampant throughout the state. The report highlights Escambia and ...

Central Florida has become a slave-trafficking hotspot decades after slavery was outlawed around the world. Earlier this year, Governor Rick Scott declared the month of January Human Trafficking ...

Every year, an unknown number of foreign guest workers in South Florida and the rest of the nation disappear into the worlds of sexual slavery and domestic servitude. A broad coalition of liberal D… ...

Florida is one of the top three states for human trafficking in the country, but as calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline increased, so did the state’s efforts to provide services to survivors.

Anyone who encounters someone who appears to be a victim of trafficking should call local law enforcement immediately, and then report the incident to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1 ...

National Human Trafficking Hotline. "Human Trafficking Myths and Facts." Accessed 3 January 2020. National Human Trafficking Hotline. "Hotline Statistics." Accessed 3 January 2020. Di Giovanni, Larry.

A Facebook post sharing a photo of a newspaper article with a map framed as human trafficking hotspots has resurfaced into the spotlight. The post is from April of 2019, but has appeared again ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY (CBS12) — A push from U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz to bring awareness of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in South Florida. After meeting with ...

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, in Florida there were 767 human trafficking cases reported to the hotline in 2018, 622 in 2017 and 562 in 2016.

U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel and U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ted Cruz introduced bipartisan legislation to curb human trafficking by bringing more openness to foreign temporary visas.