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A bill designed to improve security against human trafficking at safe houses and crack down on noncompliance of anti-trafficking measures at hotels has cleared its final stop in the Legislature. House members voted unanimously for the bill (SB 1690), a priority of Attorney General Ashley Moody that adds heightened signage, staffing and educational standards at…
Advocates and lawmakers found some hotels continued to fall out of compliance without consequences. TAMPA, Fla. — Preventing human trafficking has been a major priority in the Sunshine State over the last several years. From the attorney general to local law enforcement agencies, crackdowns, awareness campaigns and help for survivors have been key talking points….
A joint initiative by several police units across Ontario to crack down on human trafficking resulted in more than 60 victims being rescued in the past 14 months. The Ontario Provincial Police and 20 regional, municipal and Indigenous police services are members of the Human Trafficking Intelligence-led Joint Forces Strategy (IJFS), launched and funded by…
Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book has filed a bill to close a legal loophole in the fight against human trafficking that has allowed hotels and massage establishments to avoid paying fines for repeated failure to post awareness materials and provide trafficking awareness training to employees. SB 692 builds off important work done by Leader Book…
Florida’s eight Democratic members of Congress called on Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislative leaders Wednesday to reform state laws to protect children from sex trafficking, citing a South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation, Innocence Sold, published late last year. In a letter, the delegation asked for “immediate action,” saying they were writing to “express our…
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…
By Victor Buoro Globally acknowledged as a high-profit but low-risk criminal activity, human trafficking has unfortunately gained attention as the modern-day form of slavery that is expanding in scale with damaging repercussions on humanity and nations’ economic lives. And going by the definition that; “Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of…
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