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Pasco United Way to Receive Almost $500,000 to Provide Housing for Human Trafficking Victims

human trafficking | Crime | TB Reporter
The federal grant will provide six to 24 months of transitional or short-term housing assistance for trafficking victims, including rental, utilities or related expenses, such as security deposits and relocationRead More

PSTA Receives Grant to Fight Human Trafficking

HUman Trafficking | Homeless | TB Reporter
Florida ranks third n the U.S. in human trafficking cases reported by states. Many abusers use public transportation to move nearly half of human trafficking victims. PINELLAS COUNTY – TheRead More

St. Pete Police, Feds Form Task Force to Tackle Human Trafficking

Anthony Holloway | Maria Chapa Lopez | Human Trafficking Task Force
Federal, state and area agencies will be represented on the task force. ST. PETERSBURG – Police Chief Anthony Holloway on Wednesday (Jan. 22) announced that his department has received aRead More

Hillsborough Deputies Arrest 104 in Sex Trade Sting

Hillsboroujgh Sheriff | Human Trafficking Sting | Arrests
Out of the 104 people arrested during Operation Trade Secrets II, 76 of them were men buying sex and only 28 were women who engaged in the sex trade, deputiesRead More

Tampa Man Charged with Human Trafficking

Steven Tylor Cook | Hillsborough Sheriff | Arrests
Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister says that “human trafficking is modern slavery. It is something that I as your sheriff,  and us as a community, cannot stand for.” HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY –Read More

Undercover Sting Nets Eight ‘Johns’ in Town N Country

Shavar Manuel | Hillsborough Sheriff | Arrests
One of the men, Shavar Manuel, a former top recruit for Florida State football, had a young child in the back seat of his car while he was soliciting forRead More

Feds Accuse Tampa Man of Attempting to Sex Traffic 14-Year-Old Girl

robert Ray Williams | U.S. Attorney | Arrests
He paid an paid an undercover agent $200 for sex with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, according to the U.S. Attorney. TAMPA – U.S. Attorney Maria ChapaRead More

Tampa Man Trafficked Two Teen Girls, Feds Say

LuisManuelBerrios Trinidad|U.S.Attorney|Arrests
He was caught as part of an undercover sting, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. TAMPA – A Tampa man has been arrested in connection with the sex trafficking ofRead More

Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force Formed

Maria Chapa Lopez | US Attorney | Law Enforcement
The group, spearheaded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, will aim at improving on the detection, investigation, prosecution, and victim assistance efforts in human traffickingRead More

Legal Aid Group Expands Services for Human Trafficking Victims

Law | Courts | Legal Aid
Gulfcoast Legal Services will now focus on helping domestic and LGBTQ victims as well as immigrant victims of human trafficking. ST. PETERSBURG – Beginning in March, Gulfcoast Legal Services willRead More