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 ...

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 ...

Florida's location and rapid growth have made it a prime target for human trafficking, according to a new state-commissioned report. The study points to the state's busy airports, ports and highways, ...

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 ...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida arrested 148 people and rescued seven victims during a summertime human trafficking sting operation.

Florida sheriff says 25 illegal immigrants arrested during human trafficking sting Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said some of the 25 illegal immigrants arrested during a sting that nabbed 157 ...

A fast-thinking Florida teen miraculously saved herself from human traffickers by secretly sending a voice memo to her sister -- alerting her that she was being held captive in a motel room.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. -- Hillsborough County'sHuman Trafficking Squad has arrested 123 peoplein the last three months as a part of Operation Renewed Hope, the sheriff's office announced ...

Florida law enforcement officials arrested 157 people during a human trafficking sting, including 25 illegal immigrants, some of whom allegedly received benefits from the federal government after ...