More than 14,000 citations have been issued to 6,669 hotels and other public lodging establishments in Florida for violating a 2019 law meant to curb human trafficking, a Sun Sentinel investigation has found. But not a single fine has been issued and the sex trade continues to thrive behind hotel room doors.
More than 14,000 citations have been issued to 6,669 hotels and other public lodging establishments in Florida for violating a 2019 law meant to curb human trafficking, a Sun Sentinel investigation has found. But not a single fine has been issued and the sex trade continues to thrive behind hotel room doors.
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Sex traffickers have started recruiting and targeting women about to be released from Florida prisons. ABC Action News I-Team investigator Kylie McGivern shows how activists, inmates, and prisons are working to stop the cycle.
The Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission partnered with Her Song, Tim Tebow Foundation, on January 31 for an in-person and virtual education event featuring testimony from a human trafficking survivor.“This young lady, who came to Her Song, endured over a decade of exploitation before she was identified, and, even then, she was criminalized and sent to prison as a direct result of her trafficking,” said Janice Johnson, National Legal Advocate for Her Song. “Her .