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

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

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

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

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

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

The Florida Highway Heroes initiative is an outreach campaign launched in October 2020 to train 500,000 Florida commercial drivers to identify and report suspected human trafficking.

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.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Place of Hope, and Crime Stoppers announce a new initiative with a $7,500 reward to combat human trafficking. Skip to content NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 11 p.m.

Florida beefs up laws against deepfake porn, luring children, sex trafficking. What to know Sex trafficking of vulnerable people will be punishable by death in Florida under new law.