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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

New report shows Central Florida top of list for human trafficking ...

Gabrielle Triplett lived the life of a slave, being sold for sex by a so-called boyfriend who wound up shooting and almost ...

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 within ...

A new report from the University of South Florida is shedding light on the extensive issue of human trafficking in Florida.

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.

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 ...