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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A duo is accused of using force to sex traffic a victim to hotels across Palm Beach County and pocketing the profits.

A man and a woman are charged with sex trafficking a 19-year-old woman in hotels throughout South Florida, deputies said.

St. Johns County Sheriff's Office dubbed the operation 'Operation Poppin' Johns.' They arrested 33 people accused of ...