sex trafficking
February 6, 2024
Florida’s state government leaders have been promising to do more about human trafficking. Now advocates are hoping those leaders are willing to back up their words […]
August 19, 2023
Police are lauding a motel worker as a “local hero” after his quick thinking led to the rescue of two girls who were allegedly being sex trafficked in Palm Beach, Fla. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said that Ricardo Flores, 44, and Maria Barrios Calero, 44, were both arrested and charged in connection with the incident, which unfolded at the Lago Motor Inn motel in Lake Worth Beach, Fla., about 10 miles south of West Palm Beach.
May 17, 2022
A 15-year-old teenager who went to a Dallas Mavericks game with her dad, became part of a living nightmare when she went to the restroom and […]
April 26, 2022
The Malouf Foundation’s second-annual education summit strives to educate invited guests willing to fight against child sexual exploitation, trafficking Suzie Skirvin, a human trafficking survivor from […]
April 25, 2022
Florida accounts for the third highest number of calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Many of these cases involve sex trafficking. We explore the impacts […]
April 22, 2022
Protecting our environment is human trafficking prevention Earth Day is today, and the connection between caring for our planet and sustainability is linked to human trafficking […]
April 18, 2022
For about three years, the woman’s trafficker used her children as a way to manipulate her and keep her working. STROUDSBURG, Pa. — There’s a task force in […]
March 18, 2022
Barely teenagers, the women say they were brought to a motel on Jacksonville’s Westside and what happened next is something they will never forget JACKSONVILLE, Fla. […]
March 18, 2022
Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jamel Muldrew (33, Houston, TX) has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, coercion and […]