Saving young people from sex trafficking requires a higher level of vigilance than ever, speakers at Broward County's Human Trafficking Coalition said at a town hall meeting Saturday. How many calculators does your child have on his or her cell phone? If the answer is "two," there might be trouble. One could be a disguised app.
A year-long investigation by the South Florida Sun Sentinel exposed the complicity of Florida’s child welfare system in underage sex trafficking. Evidence found in government databases, state and federal lawsuits, interviews with victims and survivors and foster care records shows the state's foster system creates a pipeline of vulnerable girls to violent sex traffickers.