by Anita Alvarez | Sep 27, 2019 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: ANITA ALVAREZ and JENNIFER GREENE When the United Nations passed the Palermo Protocols in 2000, combatting trafficking in persons became a priority for nations around the world. As a response to the global movement, the United States passed its own legislation,...
by Molly Wicker | Mar 26, 2019 | In the News
By: MOLLY WICKER The Human Trafficking Institute’s 2017 Federal Human Trafficking Report was cited as a source of data in an article published by New4Jax on March 20, 2019. The article, entitled “House bill aims to human trafficking dangers, signs in Florida schools,”...
by Molly Wicker | Oct 9, 2018 | In the News, Our Stories, U.S. Updates
By: MOLLY WICKER The state of Florida ranked third in the United States for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases in the federal court system last year, according to data released by the Human Trafficking Institute. The data shows Florida had 57 cases...