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Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) have introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation known as The Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act. The bill looks to “combat human trafficking by educating students about how to properly identify the warning signs. Children account for more than half of all trafficking victims.”…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is one of the top three states for human trafficking in the country, but as calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline increased, so did the state’s efforts to provide services to survivors. National experts say those efforts are starting to pay off. From the theme parks, to our beaches; as a…
Human trafficking reached new levels during the health crisis across the world, with hotels and rental apartments being top choices for perpetrators because they’re easy to access. In the U.S., the Department of Defense recently called human trafficking the fastest-growing crime, overtaking drug trafficking. But the multifamily industry has the opportunity to step in and…
New Dean Cain movie on the subject debuts this week — NOT FOR SALE: FLORIDA Educating yourself about online safety, the tactics of human traffickers, and accessing local resources can help prevent you, your children, and your family from being one of the thousands of victims in the United States who have been trafficked. Everyone…
ORLANDO, Fla. — The “Paving the Way” Foundation is a non-profit organization in Central Florida that works to educate kids about the dangers facing them in today’s world. President and CEO Jan Edwards says there are three key numbers to keep in mind when talking about child exploitation: 10, 17, and 29. Edwards says 10…
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…
First of four parts. The assault spilled into the fifth-floor hallway of the Plaza Hotel on State Road 7 in Fort Lauderdale. Angry that a 17-year-old girl refused to turn over the full $200 take from two sexual encounters with men, Damion Miller allegedly struck her and choked her. She fled the room and ran…
MIAMI — A 26-year-old Broward County man was sentenced today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., by U.S. District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 30 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to traffic minor girls for commercial sex. On August 11, 2022, following a four-day trial, a federal jury found Kerby…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A missing Florida teen who was found shot to death outside a home in Orlando last week was pregnant and authorities believe she may have been involved in a human trafficking case, WESH reports. De’Shayla Ferguson was discovered fatally shot next to a car on Oct. 24, just four days after…
ORLANDO, Fla. – A 16-year-old Florida girl who was involved in a human trafficking case before being found dead outside an Orlando home last month was pregnant, according to deputies. De’Shayla Sanaa Ferguson was found shot outside a home on Broken Pine Circle around 7 p.m. on Oct. 24. Authorities said the teen had been…
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