Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a problem that hides in plain sight. That's why Leon County Commissioner Rick Minor said he's focused on taking Leon County legislation statewide. Read More.

An undercover human trafficking operation in Mississippi has resulted in the arrests of six people on child exploitation and prostitution charges. Read More.

Falon Elizabeth Dunkelberger, 25, of Hollywood, Broward County, Florida, United States and Dimitri David Lubin, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida are being held without bond on charges of human trafficking. The latter is originally from Haiti. Read More.

Underage Facebook and Instagram users are exposed to adult sex content and disturbing messages from alleged child predators — including “pictures and videos of genitalia” and six-figure offers to star in porn movies, according to a bombshell civil lawsuit filed by the New Mexico attorney general’s office. Read More.

More than half of them work — or worked — in South Florida. Read More.

Authorities responded to reports of a potential migrant landing in Key Biscayne on Monday morning, triggering a swift and coordinated law enforcement effort. Read More.

A unique boutique opened on Nov. 16, just in time for holiday shopping. The owner, a human trafficking survivor, has turned her trauma into something powerful that is helping the community. Tina Kadolph is the brains behind Elevate Her Boutique and Love Missions Global. Her organization seeks to end human slavery. Read More.

It’s an ongoing problem in the north end of West Palm Beach with drug deals and prostitution happening right out in the open along the Broadway corridor. Read More.

Four people had their first court date Wednesday in Escambia County on charges of sex trafficking a child, including three Pensacola men and the teen victim's own mother. Read More.

215 people were identified as victims, including 5 minors Read More.

A woman who offered two girls to a man for sex in exchange for crack has now agreed to testify against him in court. Read More.

It was just a couple of months ago when The Observer’s Lisa Feorenzo was at a pub and grill in Sussex County. Read More.

Three people are arrested for involvement in a prostitution ring happening out of multiple houses in Palm Beach County. Read More.

An escaped inmate accused of sexually assaulting multiple victims in Tennessee has been captured in Florida after being on the run for over a month, authorities said. Read More.

Stephen Francis Hovanic, a top administrator for the Pentagon’s school system in the Americas region, was arrested on Nov. 15 in a human trafficking sting in Coweta County, Georgia, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Read More.