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

Researchers at the University of South Florida estimate there were 200,000 victims of sex trafficking in the state in 2024.  A research lab at the university developed what it called a ...

A new report shows Florida has one of the highest rates of human trafficking in the country. WMNF's Chris Young has more.

Tampa Bay task force rescues children from human trafficking TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A first-of-its-kind report from the University of South Florida is shining a light on the high risk of human ...

A newly released study estimated that more than 500,000 people were exploited in labor trafficking and 200,000 in sex ...

A map in the report shows Orange and other Central Florida counties are among the highest in the state for commercial sex ...

Edwin Martinez-Cruz is the final person involved in the trafficking case of a 14-year-old girl who was repeatedly sexually ...

Even though a state-designated lab had been compiling data on human trafficking since it was established in 2019, the report released this month is the first of its kind.

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

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Officers credit an increase in education and awareness that led to 38 arrests related to human trafficking in Central Florida last year. That's more than quadruple the amount from the previous year.