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

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 ...

Florida is one of the top three states for human trafficking in the country, but as calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline increased, so did the state’s efforts to provide services to survivors.

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

U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel and U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ted Cruz introduced bipartisan legislation to curb human trafficking by bringing more openness to foreign temporary visas.

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

Florida has launched a broad initiative to offer training to every commercial truck driver, teaching them to spot human trafficking. Robert Deroy drives his Ryder truck up to a hundred miles a day ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Florida law enforcement agencies are highlighting how stopping crime is a community effort, and how Florida’s truck drivers ...

Florida has some of the strongest laws against human trafficking in the country. Florida was also the first state in the nation to require schools to teach K-12 child trafficking prevention.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida arrested over 120 people for human trafficking-related crimes through an operation consisting of undercover stings.