Florida's trafficking crisis by the numbers Florida saw a staggering number of trafficking victims last year, according to the 2024 state report on human trafficking. Researchers estimate more than ...

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 missing 15-year-old girl has been located, and two suspected human traffickers are behind bars following a joint operation ...

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.

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

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 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. ...

This week, the Department of Justice released a memo stating it found no evidence of a secret “client list” and it reaffirmed Epstein’s death was ruled a suicide. Still some ...