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• The National Human Trafficking Hotline says most sex trafficking in the United States last year took place in a hotel or motel. A bill that was recently postponed in the Florida Senate would have introduced penalties for management that ignored sex trafficking.
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• City and non-profit leaders meet in Orlando today to draw attention to human trafficking. Florida Abolitionist founder Tomas Lares said Central Florida’s growing population, and its popularity as a tourism destination make the region a target for traffickers.
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• A $1.3 million budget cut to the Orange and Osceola state attorney’s office took effect this month. It’s the latest move in a legal rift between state attorney Aramis Ayala and Florida Governor Rick Scott over the death penalty. The money was originally appropriated as special funding to combat human trafficking and domestic violence. Victims’ rights advocates are concerned.
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• The Florida Department of Corrections will soon train probation officers on how to spot and report human trafficking. The state has already been training correctional officers.
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• More support for victims of human trafficking in Orange County could be on the way. County commissioners will hear more details Tuesday about a pilot program.
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• The state attorney’s office in Orange and Osceola counties is receiving $1.4 million to crack down on human trafficking and domestic violence. 90.7’s Renata Sago has more.
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• The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police arrested 95 people during a five-day undercover prostitution operation.
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• Next year strip clubs and massage parlors in Orange County will have to post signs giving the national human trafficking hotline. County commissioners passed the ordinance Tuesday.
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• Orange County nightclubs and massage parlors may be required to post hotlines for human trafficking victims or face fines. Commissioner Pete Clarke has proposed an ordinance allowed under a new state law.
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• Florida ranks near the top for the number of calls made to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline. Trafficking victims are forced into prostitution or made to work against their will. And in Florida, Orlando is a trafficking hub. Fighting human trafficking and helping its victims in Central Florida.
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