Most Americans imagine human trafficking as a violent kidnapping or a "stranger danger" crime—someone abducted from a parking lot or trapped in a shipping container brought in from another country. In ...

Human trafficking can be hard to track because it is a crime that hides in plain sight. Mireya Acierto/Photodisc via Getty Images Shelly M. Wagers, University of South Florida and Joan A. Reid, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida state flag flies on a clear day. Photo: Karl Callwood / Unsplash (The Center Square) – Florida has seen ...

Florida has reached record highs in its human trafficking enforcement metrics, bringing in a massive wave of investigations, arrests, and strict prison sentences over the past year and a half. State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 100 people arrested in Florida human trafficking sting More than 100 people have been arrested from a nearly two-month ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the results of the investigation alongside Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. (State of Florida) Investigators said they also recovered five ...

MIAMI (CBS12) — As the world turns its eyes to Florida for the upcoming World Cup, Attorney General James Uthmeier declared a crackdown on human trafficking, and unveiled a 30% surge in arrests aimed ...

Jose Figueredo, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge, left, and Emiliano Tamayo, Chief of Investigations, look at a map depicting where in the country the victim was trafficked ...

Florida has hit an all-time high in its crackdowns on human trafficking and child exploitation, rolling out a massive wave of investigations, arrests, and historically long prison sentences since ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An anti-trafficking sign in EverBank Stadium changed the life of a young mother and her child a few months ago. That sign was made possible because of a coordinated effort to ...

A 61-year-old Florida man was sentenced to four years in prison following a human trafficking case involving a minor. Randy Levon Works pleaded no contest to a number of charges, including human ...