‘Lived through hell for months’: 8 human trafficking victims rescued; couple arrested
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced on Monday that eight human trafficking victims from Cuba were rescued after receiving a tip.
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LIVE: Multiple women rescued in Hillsborough human trafficking sting, officials say
TAMPA, Fla. – Eight women from Cuba are now safe after detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s human trafficking task force received a tip about one victim who was smuggled into the U.S. through Mexico’s border, and threatened into sex work to pay off her “travel debt,” officials said. They quickly learned that she wasn’t alone. In…
PGTI Celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
PGT Innovations is commemorating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with five days full of gifts and fanfare for team members across its family of brands. The annual holiday is September 11 through September 17 this year and celebrates the hard work and commitment of the 3.6 million truck drivers across the country who deliver the…
PGT Innovations celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with gifts and fanfare across its family of brands
NORTH VENICE, Fla., September 12, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PGT Innovations (NYSE: PGTI), a national leader in the premium window and door category, is commemorating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with five days full of gifts and fanfare for team members across its family of brands. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here. The annual…
Moody, others training Floridians to identify and report human trafficking
(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ashley Moody, Truckers Against Trafficking, the Florida Department of Transportation and Busing on the Lookout are working together to train more than 100 Floridians in the gaming and passenger transportation industries to identify and report human trafficking. Moody and TAT hosted a Florida Bus & Casino Coalition Build Out…
Ashley Moody Announces Sentencing of Gang Member Trafficking a Young Girl
This week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced the sentencing of a known gang member convicted of trafficking a young girl. Moody’s Statewide Prosecutors secured a 13-year prison sentence for Michael Hill after the defendant coerced the teenager to engage in car dates with paying customers and then took a cut of the profit. Hill…