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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has launched a new program in Florida to help human trafficking and domestic violence survivors feel more secure at home. The program is called Project Protect. It provides doorbell cameras, free of charge, to survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, stalking and sexual violence. The county clerks of court offices…
TALLAHASSEE – On Tuesday April 18th Dr. Lavern Deer, HT Advocate, Founder and CEO of Female Development World Organization (FDWO) was recognized in the Florida Senate by Senator Shevrin Jones (D-Miami Gardens) and on Wednesday April 19th in the Florida House by Representative Felecia S. Robinson (D-Miami Gardens) for the organizations work in human trafficking…
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…
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…
Daniel Rhodes, 42, is facing multiple felony charges, including manslaughter, in connection with a multi-year human trafficking ring across hotels and motels on the Treasure Coast. Rhodes is currently serving a prison sentence in Trenton for selling methamphetamine and soliciting prostitution. He was scheduled to be released before Christmas, but now he is facing new…
One of the biggest sugar producers in the world will now be banned from exporting sugar to the U.S., after the Biden Administration said it has information “that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in its operations.” The politically connected Fanjul family — a family of sugar barons based in West Palm Beach —…
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…
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…
Palm Beach County ranks third in the state for situations involving human trafficking, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. A new center opened Wednesday in West Palm Beach to help victims It’s called the FLITE Center — or Fort Lauderdale Independence, Training & Education Center. “This is so exciting- this has just been…
WEST PALM BEACH — Under the threat of violence and through the use of drugs, Orlith Joseph kept multiple women and teenage girls under his control, selling them for sex in motels from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale, investigators alleged in arresting him in 2020 on human trafficking charges. Last week, Joseph pleaded guilty to…
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