Last month’s blog post settled with the FBI’s arrests of William Foster, Ashleigh Holloway and Hanah Chan. Foster had been charged with an array of sex trafficking charges while Holloway and Chan had soon after surrendered to federal authorities and now face similar charges. Foster’s complete indictment which was unsealed…
Florida has local human trafficking task forces in each of its sixty-seven counties. The crime’s statistics have been precipitous; having a very steep ascent year after year. Over the past seven years total cases have risen from a reported 931 contacts in 2012 to 1885 ending 2018; more than double.…
In 2014, new laws regarding the crime of human trafficking were passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by Governor Rick Scott. The criminal aspect of these new laws were tested for the first time earlier last month (May 2016) in a case involving a West Park man…
Amanda Berry escaped to a neighbor’s house and made that call earlier this month. The two other women that were held at the property were Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight who were grabbed after the seizure of Miss Berry. As this tale of misery continues to unfold and dominate the…