Even though a state-designated lab had been compiling data on human trafficking since it was established in 2019, the report ...

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

Researchers at the University of South Florida estimate there were 200,000 victims of sex trafficking in the state in 2024.

A statewide report from the University of South Florida's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Lab estimates that more than 700,000 ...

Tampa Bay task force rescues children from human trafficking TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A first-of-its-kind report from the ...

A map in the report shows Orange and other Central Florida counties are among the highest in the state for commercial sex trafficking ads. “A lot of hospitality, tourism — those types of areas where ...

Two people were arrested “for trafficking and financially exploiting” a teenage girl who went missing several months earlier, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office ...

A duo is accused of using force to sex traffic a victim to hotels across Palm Beach County and pocketing the profits.

Eight suspects were arrested in “Operation Dragon Eye,” a mission that saw 20 agencies across federal, state and nonprofit ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and U.S. Marshal for the Central District of Florida William Berger celebrated ...

A man and a woman are charged with sex trafficking a 19-year-old woman in hotels throughout South Florida, deputies said.

A Florida woman was arrested after police said she drove to Mar-a-Lago to deliver an “urgent message” to President Donald ...