The Guardian - More than 700,000 people fell victim to human trafficking in Florida last year, an alarming new study has revealed. Of that number, about 100,000 were children targeted for sex trafficking.
The report, compiled by researchers at the University of South Florida, uses data from a variety of sources, including the Florida department of children and families, to paint a bleak picture of the extent of such crime in the nation’s third most populous state.
“Human trafficking is considered a hidden crime and its victims are often invisible,” Joan Reid, director of the university’s Trafficking in Persons (Tip) Risk to Resilience Research Lab, said....
Reid and her team analyzed anonymous data from 30 agencies, non-profit partners and public surveys to come up with the 2024 figures, which estimates 500,000 people were victims of labor trafficking.
A significant number are believed to be undocumented migrants, who lack many of the legal protections of authorized workers and are considered especially vulnerable to exploitation. The Florida Policy Institute estimates there are almost 400,000 undocumented workers in key industries including tourism, agriculture and construction.
Another 200,000 people were victims of sex trafficking, about half of whom were minors, the study reveals
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