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Detectives say Zakariya Clarke maintained control of his victims through threats of violence and by withholding drugs they were addicted to. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man will spend the next 25 years behind bars after changing his plea to guilty for charges related to human trafficking. State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced this week that…
St. Johns County deputies are investigating a case of human trafficking out of an Airbnb property. A New Jersey man was arrested and charged, Monday, for human trafficking of a person less than 18, …
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) have been subject to human trafficking, release to “sponsors” who have criminal backgrounds and have sometimes been lost while being resettled into the state, according to a report released last month by the Statewide Grand Jury on UACs in Florida and elsewhere. “I am outraged at how the Biden administration…
A new survey from Pew Research Center shows that most teens say social media strengthens their friendships, engages their creative side, and connects them with support. But as our nation debates how to make online experiences healthier for young people, those benefits are being overlooked and a concerning wave of legislation threatens to prevent teens…
It’s in your civics classes. The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. But there was one glaring exception clause: if convicted by state courts, incarcerated Americans can be slaves of the state. Four states banned slavery during last year’s general elections — 150 years after enslaved Black…
A new ad from Jacksonville mayoral candidate LeAnna Gutierrez Cumber focuses on her work to stop human trafficking. The 30-second “Survivor” underscores the current Republican City Council member’s work to fight that societal scourge, with a third-person narrator attesting to what Cumber has done. “I’m a survivor of human trafficking and an advocate for vulnerable women…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Human trafficking can happen anywhere and to anyone — that was the message Tuesday morning from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit and the FBI during a news conference in recognition of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Sheriff T.K. Waters, State Attorney Melissa Nelson and…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla — January marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wants to empower the community to spot, and potentially help rescue victims, especially because they can be hidden in plain sight. “These are hidden crimes, so well-veiled that you may have seen indicators of it, and simply not have known,” said Jacksonville…
A judge denied Crowley’s motion to dismiss the case, in which a former employee claims a supervisor gained access to her Jacksonville hotel room and assaulted her. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A federal sex trafficking and forced labor lawsuit filed by a former employee against Jacksonville-based shipping giant Crowley Maritime will move forward, according to a…
Don Juan Corzo Jacksonville, FL.- More than 120 people marched on Saturday, October 15, to the banks of the St. Johns River, downtown Jacksonville, to raise awareness of human sex and labor trafficking, in an event that took place in several cities in the United States and the world. Carrying signs with messages of hope…
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