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

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

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

HERNANDO COUNTY — A 41-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a victim multiple times in a Spring Hill bar parking lot in 2022. Circuit Judge Daniel B. Merritt Jr. sentenced Jerae ...

A two-week investigation called "Operation Dragon Eye," involving the U.S. Marshals Service and 20 other agencies, rescued 60 missing children.

A music teacher at Oakstead Elementary in Land O’ Lakes was arrested Monday on charges related to child pornography. Joseph Allen Watson, 53, faces two counts of possession of child pornography ...

The Beaver County Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition held a symposium Wednesday to hear from experts on the fight against human trafficking.

A Dothan man pleaded guilty and a Gulfport woman was convicted of trafficking women in Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Destin and across state lines.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Human trafficking happens in every single county across Kentucky, and children are among the main targets. The National Human Trafficking Hotline was created in 2007. By ...

A Dothan man pleaded guilty and a Gulfport woman was convicted of trafficking women in Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Destin and across state lines.

BARRE — A Bethel man has changed his plea in a case in which police say he used a teenager from Massachusetts to assist with drug deals.