human trafficking

A bill aimed at toughening Florida’s human trafficking laws will become law in a few months, following Governor Rick Scott’s signing. It increases the...

Strip clubs, massage studios and hospitals will have to hang signs alerting people about human trafficking under a bill that's going to Gov. Rick…

Fifteen people have been arrested in what Attorney General Pam Bondi is calling the largest human trafficking case in state history. Joined by officials…

Targeting what one senator described as a "sick but profitable criminal enterprise,'' lawmakers have started moving to ramp up Florida's response to human…

A bill allowing young sexual abuse victims to secretly record their attackers to use as evidence in court cleared its first Senate hearing Monday.

Miami Beach police arrested Antonio Giansante Thursday for possessing and promoting child pornography. Giansante started having consensual sexual...

Florida child welfare officials say calls reporting suspected human trafficking in Florida have doubled since 2010.The hotline received nearly 1,000 calls…

Florida Matters this week took a deeper look at human trafficking, including the role physicians in the state play in identifying those at risk, and…

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, Florida is third in the number of calls to the national human trafficking hotline. The FMC...

Human trafficking is the topic of a special Florida Matters show scheduled to air Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m. and again Sunday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 a.m. on…