Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Rescues Missing Juvenile, Arrests Two for Human Trafficking and Exploitation ...

A 15-year-old girl is out of danger and two people are behind bars after an undercover operation in Central Florida ended<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

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, ...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said two people were arrested in Lakeland for trafficking and financially exploiting a 15-year-old girl who was missing for several months.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Two people were arrested after "trafficking and financially exploiting" a 15-year-old girl who ...

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 ...

A former teacher and coach at Charlotte High School was federally indicted on four charges related to child pornography, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office announced.

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 ...

In the 50,000 water systems surveyed in the study by the Environmental Working Group (EWS) between 2021 and 2023, there were ...

In a sudden reversal, the city of Key West in Monroe County, part of the Florida Keys, has decided to renew its ties with the ...

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