Panel provides update on state of human trafficking in Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Thursday, a panel of experts at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum delivered a dose of reality to the St. Petersburg community on the current state of human trafficking.

"It's not overseas, it's not in other countries. It's happening literally right here while I am talking to you. It's happening somewhere here in our city," said human trafficking survivor Telisa Espinosa.

It was also an opportunity for Espinosa to share her story.

"It was months of him grooming, months of him coming to see, months of him just wanting to get to know everything about my life to where he could use that against me later," she said.