Child Neglect

Kiran seriously concerned about child negligence
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Kiran seriously concerned about child negligence

Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Sashi Kiran is concerned with the data of child negligence under the Child Welfare Act National Database as it shows that child abuse and neglect happens within a child’s safe space. She says according to the Child Welfare Act National Database, 68% of the 1,968 cases that…

Attorney General Honors Local FHP Troop For Rescuing Human Trafficking Victim
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Attorney General Honors Local FHP Troop For Rescuing Human Trafficking Victim

January 25, 2023 Troopers recovered a minor trafficked by a known gang member after a car pursuit. The investigation uncovered that the defendant transported the victim across the state and coerced the teenager into sex work and child pornography. In addition to the Back the Blue Award, Attorney General Moody presented a resolution to FHP…

Ocala husband, wife arrested for child human trafficking – FOX 35 Orlando
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Ocala husband, wife arrested for child human trafficking – FOX 35 Orlando

  A Florida man, along with his wife have been arrested on several charges after inappropriate texts with two juveniles were discovered by Marion County detectives. Dwight Tawan Edwards, 47, was arrested in Stockbridge, Georgia, on a Marion County warrant for six counts of human trafficking and six counts of lewd or lascivious battery on…

Janesville man found guilty of human trafficking, exploiting young women
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Janesville man found guilty of human trafficking, exploiting young women

Janesville, Wis. (WMTV) – A Janesville man was found guilty on Thursday of five charges, including human trafficking, after evidence showed he exploited young women and exposed his daughter to drugs and prostitution. Ieem Currie, 41, was found guilty of human trafficking, keeping a place of prostitution, maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession of cocaine…

Underage Girls Arrested in Florida ‘Human Trafficking’ Sting
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Underage Girls Arrested in Florida ‘Human Trafficking’ Sting

Once again, policies billed as helping people coerced into prostitution wind up harming those that cops say they’re trying to help. ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 10.25.2022 12:15 PM Two 17-year-old girls were arrested as part of a “human trafficking” operation in Volusia County, Florida, an area on the state’s east coast that encompasses Daytona Beach. The arrests…

Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting
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Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting

An undercover human trafficking and prostitution sting led to the arrest of 18 people  and identified two minors who were posting ads on adult websites. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said from Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 16, detectives were able to arrest six men and 12 women at two rental locations in the New…